Popular Stories of Ancient Egypt (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781576076392)

Makes available a difficult-to-find folkloric scholarship classic and illuminates it with contemporary commentary from a preeminent authority on Egyptian folktales.

Gaston Maspero is a towering figure in Egyptology. Popular Stories of Ancient Egypt offers a wealth of primary data and authoritative commentaries on ancient Egyptian culture, language, history, society, and ethnic groups as depicted in Egyptian and Greek-Egyptian narratives. The work provides the contextual data necessary for understanding the tale-texts and reflects Maspero's deep knowledge of many fields, from the classics to life in modern Egypt.

This new edition includes a contemporary foreword, which introduces Maspero and describes his scholarship. It also provides, for the first time, extensive identification of the ancient stories in terms of international tale-types and motifs. The new information places the anthology in a broader academic context and is a valuable resource for students of Egyptology, folklore, literature, history, and social and cultural anthropology.

Author: Hasan M. El-Shamy
ISBN-10: 1576076393
ISBN-13: 9781576076392
Publisher: ABC-CLIO
Language: English
Published: 08/19/2002
Pages: 432
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 2.00lbs
Size: 10.28h x 7.28w x 1.18d

Review Citation(s):
Library Journal 11/15/2002 pg. 79
Choice 02/01/2003 pg. 978