02982nam 2200481 450 991081680800332120230809230912.090-04-35310-010.1163/9789004353107(CKB)4100000000775624(MiAaPQ)EBC5570463(OCoLC)1005721846(nllekb)BRILL9789004353107(EXLCZ)99410000000077562420171006d2017 uy 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierThe craft of a good scribe. History, narrative and meaning in the 'First tale of Setne Khaemwas' /Steve VinsonLeiden :Koninklijke Brill NV,2017.1 online resource (xii, 354 pages) illustrations (some color), map, plan, facsimilesHarvard Egyptological Studies ;390-04-35309-7 Includes bibliographical references and index.Front Matter -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Dedication -- Abbreviations -- History -- A Work of Unexpected Quality -- The Mask of Khaemwas -- An Unfathomable Snare of the Evil One -- An Excellently Weird and Romantic Story -- From Daffodils to Derrida -- Narrative and Meaning -- The First Tale of Setne Khaemwas -- Repetition, Mirroring and mise en abyme -- Buffalo Buffalo Buffalo -- At What is It That He Gazed? -- Ihweret, Tabubue and the “Magic Book of Thoth” -- Plates.In The Craft of a Good Scribe , Steve Vinson offers a comprehensive study of the Demotic Egyptian First Tale of Setne Khaemwas (Third Century BCE), the first to appear since 1900. \'First Setne\' is the most important extant Demotic literary text, and among the most important fictional compositions from any period of ancient Egypt. The tale, which is by turns lurid, tragic and ultimately comic, deals with Setne's theft of a magic book written by the god Thoth himself, and subsequently Setne's punishment through a hallucinatory encounter with the ghostly femme fatale Tabubue. Vinson provides a new textual edition and commentary, and explores the tale's cultural background, its modern reception, and approaches to its interpretation as a work of literature.Harvard Egyptological Studies3.Egyptian languageDemotic, ca. 650 B.C.-450 A.DTextsHistory and criticismEgyptian literatureHistory and criticismEgyptian literatureTranslations into EnglishEgyptian languageEgyptian literatureHistory and criticism.Egyptian literatureTranslations into English.893.1Vinson Steve1667324NL-LeKBNL-LeKBBOOK9910816808003321The craft of a good scribe. History, narrative and meaning in the 'First tale of Setne Khaemwas4027071UNINA