Poetry and culture in Middle Kingdom Egypt
Subtitle: a dark side to perfection
By: R.B. Parkinson.
Series: Studies in Egyptology and the Ancient Near East
Publisher: Equinox Pub. Ltd; Equinox Publishing Limited
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Oakville
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781845537708
Subjects: Egyptian poetry -- History and criticism; Egypt -- Civilization -- To 332 B.C
Notes: Originally published: New York : Continuum, 2002.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Approaches. The study of middle kingdom "literature"; title: General considerations : definitions, genre, interpretation; title: Context and intertext; title: Texts and intertext; title: The social context; title: Literature and culture; title: Literary form; title: Cultural themes of literature; title: Readings. Tales; title: Discourses and dialogues; title: Teachings; title: Reading the poems.