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Egyptian Oedipus : Athanasius Kircher and the secrets of antiquity / Daniel Stolzenberg.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Furness Shakespeare Library (Van Pelt 628) D247 .S76 2013
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Stolzenberg, Daniel.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Kircher, Athanasius, 1602-1680. Oedipus Aegyptiacus.
- Kircher, Athanasius.
- Egyptology.
- History.
- Intellectual life.
- Orientalism.
- Europe--Intellectual life--17th century.
- Europe.
- Egyptian language--Writing, Hieroglyphic.
- Egyptian language.
- Occultism--History.
- Occultism.
- Orientalism--History--17th century.
- Italy--Intellectual life--17th century.
- Italy.
- Egyptology--History.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 307 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, 2013.
- Contents:
- Oedipus in exile
- Esoteric antiquarianism
- How to get ahead in the republic of letters
- Oedipus in Rome
- Ancient theology and the antiquarian
- The discovery of oriental antiquity
- Erudition and censorship
- Symbolic wisdom in an age of criticism
- Oedipus at large
- Epilogue: the twilight of tradition and the clear light of history.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-296) and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Horace Howard Furness Memorial Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9780226924144
- 0226924149
- OCLC:
- 795687194
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