Possession, Trance, and Reincarnation
Confrontations with Ancient Egypt in Edwardian Fiction
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 13008249 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Maria Fleischhack (0000-0002-7429-7295, Leipzig University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Volume | 7 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 257-270 |
| Publication date | 2017-10-13 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Victoriographies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2044-2416 • E-ISSN: 2044-2424 |
| Publisher | Edinburgh University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.3366/vic.2017.0283 |
| OpenAlex | W2762610896 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 5 |
Egyptianising fantastic fiction was a widely popular genre at the advent of the twentieth century, and, customarily, Egyptian characters act as a foil to the Western protagonists. This essay uses three Edwardian Egyptianising stories – Bram Stoker's The Jewel of Seven Stars (1903; 1912), Guy Boothby's ‘A Professor of Egyptology’ (1904), and H. Rider Haggard's ‘Smith and the Pharaohs’ (1912–13) – to demonstrate how these critical voices address the anxieties of the fin de siècle: issues including gender inequality, imperial arrogance, and archaeological entitlement. The Egyptian characters have the ability to hypnotise or psychologically influence the Western protagonists, highlighting their helplessness when confronted with the ancient Other. Simultaneously, a deep connection between archaeological and psychological discoveries (and thus antiquity and modernity) comes to light
Ancient history · Archaeology · Art · Boom · Bust · Dream · Egyptology · Literature · Looting · Modernity · Possession (linguistics · Reincarnation · Sociology · Statue · Trance · Anthropology · Folklore, Mythology, and Literature Studies · Gothic Literature and Media Analysis · History · Philosophy · Psychology · Religious Studies and Spiritual Practices
| Citations per year | 0.38 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2018 - 2025 (8) |
| Highly cited | No |