Pauline Hopkins’ Literary Egyptology
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12955853 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Vanessa Davies (0000-0002-2707-8997, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 14 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 127-144 |
| Publication date | 2021-12-17 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Egyptian History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1874-1657 • E-ISSN: 1874-1665 |
| Publisher | Brill (PUBLISHER • NL) |
| DOI | 10.1163/18741665-bja10006 |
| OpenAlex | W4200092916 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
Author Pauline Hopkins produced work in a variety of genres: short stories, novels, a musical, a primer of facts. Like other African Americans of the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, she engaged with the history of the Nile Valley before the discipline of Egyptology was firmly established in the sphere of higher education in the US. Her serialized novel Of One Blood , published in 1902 and 1903, draws on a variety of sources, such as the English historian George Rawlinson, to tell a fictionalized story set in the contemporary present of the Upper Nile and to address issues related to the ancient past of that region. Her main character, Reuel, embodies links across time—ancient and contemporary—and space—the United States and the Nile River Valley. Through him, she shows the power and relevance of ancient history to contemporary life
Art · Art history · Character (mathematics · Egyptology · Literature · Power (physics · Relevance (law · Variety (cybernetics · American and British Literature Analysis · Ancient Egypt and Archaeology · Classics · Historical, Religious, and Philosophical Studies · History · Law
| Unique citing works | 2 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,5 |
| Citation span | 2022 - 2023 (2) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |