Victorian Alchemy: Science, magic and ancient Egypt by Dobson, Eleanor

Victorian Alchemy: Science, magic and ancient Egypt

An engaging study of how Victorian-era representations of ancient Egypt blended science and mysticism. With its material...
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Author: Eleanor Dobson
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Language: English
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Victorian Alchemy: Science, magic and ancient Egypt by Dobson, Eleanor

Victorian Alchemy: Science, magic and ancient Egypt

$169.88

Victorian Alchemy: Science, magic and ancient Egypt

$169.88
Author: Eleanor Dobson
Format: Paperback
Language: English
An engaging study of how Victorian-era representations of ancient Egypt blended science and mysticism.

With its material remnants paradoxically symbolizing both antiquity and modernity to Victorian audiences, ancient Egypt was at once evocative of ancient magical power and of cutting-edge science, a tension that might be productively conceived of as "alchemical." Examining literature and other cultural forms including art, photography, and early film, Eleanor Dobson herein traces the myriad ways in which the Victorian fascination with ancient Egypt evoked the entwined forces of magic and science, providing more than a mere setting for Orientalist fantasies and nightmares. From imaging technologies and astronomy to investigations into the electromagnetic spectrum and the human mind itself, this book demonstrates how conceptions of modernity were inextricably bound up in the contemporary reception of the ancient world, illustrating how such ideas took root and flourished in the Victorian era and persist to this day.


Author: Eleanor Dobson
Publisher: UCL Press
Published: 10/06/2022
Pages: 279
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.19lbs
Size: 9.13h x 6.06w x 0.79d
ISBN: 9781787358492

About the Author
Eleanor Dobson is associate professor of English literature at the University of Birmingham.

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