Luckhurst, Roger.

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.

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Fantasy fiction--History and criticism.
Mummies in literature.
Mummies in mass media.
Mummy films--History and criticism.
Popular culture--English-speaking countries.

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