Ancient Egypt in the popular imagination
Subtitle: building a fantasy in film, literature, music and art
By: David Huckvale
Publisher: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Jefferson, N.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 246
ISBN-13: 9780786465774
Subjects: In motion pictures; In mass media
Description: "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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.

Includes filmography.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Films; title: Egyptology; title: Myth and magic; title: Art; title: Fiction and fantasy (part 1); title: Fiction and fantasy (part 2); title: Music; title: Conclusion.