Title: Reading Ancient Egyptian Poetry
Subtitle: Among Other Histories
Description: In Reading Ancient Egyptian Poetry, Richard Parkinson explores how ancient Egyptian poems have been read and perceived across the ages.


    Presents an innovative and theoretically-informed account of how the most famous ancient Egyptian
    poems have been read over 4,000 years
    From a leading expert in the interpretation of ancient Egyptian literature
    Explores the original experience of ordinary Egyptians enjoying the poems as well as their interpretation
    during the Middle Kingdom and up to modern times
    Draws on recent discoveries in the British Museum archives to reconstruct the contexts of the poems