The Mummy in Fact, Fiction and Film - Softcover

Cowie, Susan D.; Johnson, Tom

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0786431148 ISBN 13: 9780786431144

Publisher: McFarland & Company, 2007

Synopsis

In 1922, when Howard Carter and Lord Carnarvon discovered the tomb of Tutankhamen, much of what was then known about mummies came from the writing of Greek historian Herodotus and from the paintings on the walls of Egyptian tombs. Even before 1922, the mummy had been the subject of fiction, with such writers as Bram Stoker and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle tackling the subject, and early films dating back to 1901. In this work, the authors present the religious, social and scientific aspects of mummies as well as an in-depth discussion of facts about them (largely Egyptian, but including other kinds of mummies). Then, how mummies are portrayed in fiction and in the movies is discussed. Stories and films in which the mummy is a focal character are listed.

About this title

About the Author

Tom Johnson of Shillington, Pennsylvania, is a teacher and coauthor of Censored Screams: The British Ban on Hollywood Horror in the Thirties (1997) and Hammer Films: An Exhaustive Filmography (1996).

Susan D. Cowie is a semi-retired school principal and temporary Civil Servant. She's also an avid Egyptologist and lives in Kent, England.

Review

Fascinating...recommended --Classic Images

Strongly recommended --Cult Movies

A real treasure...comprehensive --Hitch

Edition details

• Publisher: McFarland & Company
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0786431148
• ISBN 13: 9780786431144
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 208