Edward William Lane, 1801-1876 [[electronic resource] ] : the life of the pioneering Egyptologist and Orientalist / / Jason Thompson

• Autore: Thompson Jason <1950->
• Pubblicazione: Cairo ; ; New York, : American University in Cairo Press, 2010
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (797 p.)
• Disciplina: 956.02092
• Soggetto topico: Egyptologists; Middle East specialists
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [698]-725) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: ""Contents""; ""Note on Transliteration and Spelling""; ""Abbreviations Used in the Notes""; ""Prologue""; ""1 A Zealous Attachment""; ""2 An Eastern Bridegroom""; ""3 Altogether an Arabian City""; ""4 Mansur Effendi""; ""5 A Closer Acquaintance with Cairo""; ""6 Never a More Happy Time""; ""7 Life on the Nile""; ""8 Nubia""; ""9 Hundred- Gated Thebes""; ""10 Minarets and Pyramids""; ""11 A Second Voyage to Nubia""; ""12 Nefeeseh""; ""13 Culture Shock""; ""14 Description of Egypt""; ""15 Manners and Costumes""; ""16 Old Musr Once More""; ""17 Blackening Many Quires"" ; ""18 Perception and Reality""""19 The Great Plague of 1835""; ""20 Not a Mummy Crosses His Path""; ""21 Arabian Nights""; ""22 Scholar and Man of Letters""; ""23 Midlife""; ""24 An English Harem in Egypt""; ""25 Harat al- Sakkayin""; ""26 The Englishwoman in Egypt""; ""27 Suq al- Qawadis""; ""28 Hastings""; ""29 Worthing""; ""30 The Arabic- English Lexicon""; ""Epilogue""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""
• Sommario/riassunto: Few Western scholars of the Middle East have exerted such profound influence as Edward William Lane. His life and accomplishments are examined here in full, including his crucial years of field work in Egypt, revealing the life of a great Victorian scholar and presenting a fascinating episode in east-west encounter, interaction, and representation.
• Titolo autorizzato: Edward William Lane, 1801-1876
• ISBN: 1-61797-021-2; 1-936190-50-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910458528703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II