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Late victorian poetry and egyptomania: Mathilde Blind’s Birds of Passage: songs of the orient and occident
| Resumo: | This dissertation explores the enduring cultural phenomenon of Egyptomania and its profound impact on Victorian culture, with a specific focus on its close intersection with literature during the long nineteenth century. Through an interdisciplinary lens that encompasses history, geography, politics, and art, this research illuminates the multifaceted manifestations of Egyptomania and how major writers of the period responded to it. But the central focus of the study is the analysis of Mathilde Blind's (1841--96) poetry on the topic: a set of poems from her last collection Birds of Passage: Songs of the Orient and Occident (1895). Besides revealing her versatility in weaving various ideas, connected with the passage of time and the end of civilizations, and Egyptian motifs into her work, the poems also bridge the aesthetics of Egypt with Britain through the critical lens of Decadence. The study underscores that Blind's creative output was inescapably linked to the emergence of modern Egyptomania, further supported by her travels, readings, and experiences along the way. While the scope of the study is restricted, delving into a mere five poems from Blind’s collection, it aims to serve as a sample for a broader exploration of Egypt's enduring, yet somewhat unexplored place in the literature of the period, as well as in collective memory. |
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| Autores principais: | Ay, Mustafa Burak |
| Assunto: | Ancient Egypt Decadence Egyptomania Mathilde Blind Poetry Victorian culture Antigo Egito Cultura Vitoriana Decadentismo Egiptomania Poesia |
| Ano: | 2023 |
| País: | Portugal |
| Tipo de documento: | dissertação de mestrado |
| Tipo de acesso: | acesso aberto |
| Instituição associada: | Universidade do Minho |
| Idioma: | inglês |
| Origem: | RepositóriUM - Universidade do Minho |
| Resumo: | This dissertation explores the enduring cultural phenomenon of Egyptomania and its profound impact on Victorian culture, with a specific focus on its close intersection with literature during the long nineteenth century. Through an interdisciplinary lens that encompasses history, geography, politics, and art, this research illuminates the multifaceted manifestations of Egyptomania and how major writers of the period responded to it. But the central focus of the study is the analysis of Mathilde Blind's (1841--96) poetry on the topic: a set of poems from her last collection Birds of Passage: Songs of the Orient and Occident (1895). Besides revealing her versatility in weaving various ideas, connected with the passage of time and the end of civilizations, and Egyptian motifs into her work, the poems also bridge the aesthetics of Egypt with Britain through the critical lens of Decadence. The study underscores that Blind's creative output was inescapably linked to the emergence of modern Egyptomania, further supported by her travels, readings, and experiences along the way. While the scope of the study is restricted, delving into a mere five poems from Blind’s collection, it aims to serve as a sample for a broader exploration of Egypt's enduring, yet somewhat unexplored place in the literature of the period, as well as in collective memory. |
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