Mummy's curse: the true history of a dark fantasy /
The mummy's curse: the true history of a dark fantasy
Roger Luckhurst.
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2012.
- xiv, 321 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 287-310) and index.
King Tut and the dead earl -- Thomas Douglas Murray and 22542 (the 'unlucky mummy) -- Walter Herbert Ingram and the coffin of Nesmin -- Egypt in London I: immersive-exotic spaces -- Egypt in London II: the exhibitionary universe -- The curse tale and the Egyptian gothic -- Rider Haggard among the mummies -- Evil eyes, punitive currents and the late Victorian magic revival.
9780199698714(hbk.)
016111016 Uk
Fantasy fiction--History and criticism. Mummies in literature. Mummies in mass media. Mummy films--History and criticism. Popular culture--English-speaking countries.