What is it about?
The Victorian reading public was fascinated by Ancient Egyptian culture. I explore the breadth of articles available to them in the periodical press during the time Mary Elizabeth Braddon was editor of Belgravia: a London Magazine.
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Why is it important?
I compare Braddon's articles on Ancient Egypt in Belgravia: a London Magazine, which were designed to appeal to a wide audience, to the more scholarly articles on Ancient Egypt offered by The Atheneum and the more family-focused articles in Bow Bells.
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The sheer number of articles about Ancient Egyptian culture available to the lay person surprised me.
Mary Monnin
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This page is a summary of: Embracing the Sphinx: Ancient Egypt in Belgravia: A London Magazine, Nineteenth Century Contexts, July 2018, Taylor & Francis,
DOI: 10.1080/08905495.2018.1484609.
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