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Record ID marc_loc_updates/v40.i20.records.utf8:13325170:1479
Source Library of Congress
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LEADER: 01479cam a22002894a 4500
001 2012009362
003 DLC
005 20120508184033.0
008 120307s2012 ncua bq 001 0 eng
010 $a 2012009362
020 $a9780786465774 (softcover : alk. paper)
020 $a0786465778 (softcover : alk. paper)
035 $a(OCoLC)ocn757461946
040 $aDLC$beng$cDLC$dYDX$dBTCTA$dYDXCP$dERASA$dDLC
042 $apcc
043 $af-ua---
050 00 $aPN1995.9.E32$bH84 2012
082 00 $a700/.45832$223
100 1 $aHuckvale, David.
245 10 $aAncient Egypt in the popular imagination :$bbuilding a fantasy in film, literature, music and art /$cDavid Huckvale.
260 $aJefferson, N.C. :$bMcFarland & Co.,$cc2012.
300 $avii, 246 p. :$bill. ;$c26 cm.
520 $a"Ancient Egypt has long been a source of fascination in Western popular culture. This work traces how films were inspired by writers like Bram Stoker and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and by the art of Victorian painters. Similarly, it shows how the soundtracks to such films belong to a Romantic musical tradition stretching back beyond Verdi and Mozart"--Provided by publisher.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references, filmography and index.
505 0 $aIntroduction -- Films -- Egyptology -- Myth and magic -- Art -- Fiction and fantasy (part 1) -- Fiction and fantasy (part 2) -- Music -- Conclusion.
651 0 $aEgypt$xIn motion pictures.
651 0 $aEgypt$xIn mass media.