Author: Théophile Gautier
Publisher: Read Books Ltd
ISBN: 1473398746
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 18
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The Mummy's Foot' is a gothic short story written by French writer, Théophile Gautier, author of 'Clarimonde'. The plot follows a man who buys a mummified foot in an antiques shop. It once belonged to an Egyptian princess, and it transpires that she wants it back. He is forced to make a deal. This is a classic short story in the genre and we a republishing it with a brand new introductory biography of the translator of the work, Lafcadio Hearn.
Author: Alan Krell
Publisher: Reaktion Books
ISBN: 9781780239156
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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In this quirky and surprising history, Alan Krell addresses the absurd and abject, the banal and the nastily subversive, and the romantic and the fetishistic, as he describes the appearance of the foot in literature, photography, art, sport and film. Discover the gothic tales of French writer Théophile Gautier, the disturbing photographs of Jacques-André Boiffard and the religious paintings by Giotto, Tintoretto and Caravaggio that exalt the foot. Marvel at the sporting exploits of the elite runners such as Abede Bikila and Zola Budd, and the surprising representation of the foot in film such as The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and Kill Bill: Volume 1. Presenting new images and ideas of the foot in a tantalizing way, The Mummy's Foot and the Big Toe is for all those with an interest in the humanities, languages, social sciences and anthropology. --From front flap.
Author: Theophile Gautier
Publisher: New York Review of Books
ISBN: 159017271X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 227
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Romantic provocateur, flamboyant bohemian, precocious novelist, perfect poet—not to mention an inexhaustible journalist, critic, and man-about-town—Théophile Gautier is one of the major figures, and great characters, of French literature. In My Fantoms Richard Holmes, the celebrated biographer of Shelley and Coleridge, has found a brilliantly effective new way to bring this great bu too-little-known writer into English. My Fantoms assembles seven stories spanning the whole of Gautier’s career into a unified work that captures the essence of his adventurous life and subtle art. From the erotic awakening of “The Adolescent” through “The Poet,” a piercing recollection of the mad genius Gérard de Nerval, the great friend of Gautier’s youth, My Fantoms celebrates the senses and illuminates the strange disguises of the spirit, while taking readers on a tour of modernity at its most mysterious. ”What ever would the Devil find to do in Paris?” Gautier wonders. “He would meet people just as diabolical as he, and find himself taken for some naïve provincial…” Tapestries, statues, and corpses come to life; young men dream their way into ruin; and Gautier keeps his faith in the power of imagination: “No one is truly dead, until they are no longer loved.”
Author: Angela Stienne
Publisher: Manchester University Press
ISBN: 1526161907
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 246
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Mummified explores the curious, unsettling and controversial cases of mummies held in French and British museums. From powdered mummies eaten as medicine to mummies unrolled in public, dissected for race studies and DNA-tested in modern laboratories, there is a lot more to these ancient remains than first meets the eye. This book takes you on a journey from Paris to London, Leicester and Manchester, from the apothecaries of the Middle Ages to the dissecting tables of the eighteenth century, and finally behind the screen of today’s computers, to revisit the stories of these bodies that have fascinated Europeans for so long. Mummified investigates matters of life and death, of collecting and viewing, and of interactions – sometimes violent and sometimes emotional – that question the essence of what makes us human.
Author: Loudon
Publisher: Legare Street Press
ISBN: 9781020371363
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Languages : en
Pages : 0
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In this early work of science fiction, the author explores the idea of reanimation and its consequences. The Mummy: A Tale of the Twenty-Second Century is a gripping and thought-provoking adventure. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Author: Théophile Gautier
Publisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 368
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Author: Théophile Gautier
Publisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 368
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Author: Roger Luckhurst
Publisher: OUP Oxford
ISBN: 0191640980
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 336
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In the winter of 1922-23 archaeologist Howard Carter and his wealthy patron George Herbert, the Fifth Earl of Carnarvon, sensationally opened the tomb of Tutenkhamen. Six weeks later Herbert, the sponsor of the expedition, died in Egypt. The popular press went wild with rumours of a curse on those who disturbed the Pharaoh's rest and for years followed every twist and turn of the fate of the men who had been involved in the historic discovery. Long dismissed by Egyptologists, the mummy's curse remains a part of popular supernatural belief. Roger Luckhurst explores why the myth has captured the British imagination across the centuries, and how it has impacted on popular culture. Tutankhamen was not the first curse story to emerge in British popular culture. This book uncovers the 'true' stories of two extraordinary Victorian gentlemen widely believed at the time to have been cursed by the artefacts they brought home from Egypt in the nineteenth century. These are weird and wonderful stories that weave together a cast of famous writers, painters, feted soldiers, lowly smugglers, respected men of science, disreputable society dames, and spooky spiritualists. Focusing on tales of the curse myth, Roger Luckhurst leads us through Victorian museums, international exhibitions, private collections, the battlefields of Egypt and Sudan, and the writings of figures like Arthur Conan Doyle, Rider Haggard and Algernon Blackwood. Written in an open and accessible style, this volume is the product of over ten years research in London's most curious archives. It explores how we became fascinated with Egypt and how this fascination was fuelled by myth, mystery, and rumour. Moreover, it provides a new and startling path through the cultural history of Victorian England and its colonial possessions.
Author: Nina Kiriki Hoffman
Publisher: Wildside Press LLC
ISBN: 1434437892
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 419
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Hours of great reading await, with tales from some of the 19th and 20th century's most renowned horror and dark fantasy authors! Explore the uncanny world of mummies, ancient egypt, and dark sorcery, with these 20 stories: SYMPATHY FOR MUMMIES, by John Gregory Betancourt SOME WORDS WITH A MUMMY, by Edgar Allan Poe THE POWER OF WAKING, by Nina Kiriki Hoffman THE MUMMY’S FOOT, by Jessie Adelaide Middleton LOST IN A PYRAMID, OR THE MUMMY’S CURSE, by Louisa May Alcott THE RING OF THOTH, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle THE ROMANCE OF A MUMMY, by Théophile Gautier THE GREEN GOD, by William Call Spencer THE BOOK OF THOTH, by Lafcadio Hearn AN AZTEC MUMMY, by C. B. Cory LOT NO. 249, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle THE MUMMY’S FOOT, by Théophile Gautier THE STORY OF BAELBROW, by E. and H. Heron A PROFESSOR OF EGYPTOLOGY, by Guy Boothby MY NEW YEAR’S EVE AMONG THE MUMMIES, by Grant Allen WHATEVER WAS FORGOTTEN, by Nina Kiriki Hoffman THE FORSAKEN TEMPLE, by C. W. Leadbeater THE DOOM OF AL ZAMERI, by Henry Iliowizi OBSESSION, POSSESSION, by Elliott O’Donnell THE PERFUME OF EGYPT, by C. W. Leadbeater And don't forget to check out all the 300+ other volumes in the MEGAPACK® series! Search on MEGAPACK® in the ebook store to see the complete list...covering adventure stories, military, fantasy, ghost stories, and more!
Author: Théophile Gautier
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Languages : en
Pages : 732
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