| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 307 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Oedipus in exile -- Esoteric antiquarianism -- How to get ahead in the republic of letters -- Oedipus in Rome -- Ancient theology and the antiquarian -- The discovery of Oriental antiquity -- Erudition and censorship -- Symbolic wisdom in an age of criticism -- Oedipus at large -- Epilogue: the twilight of tradition and the clear light of history |
| Summary |
Stolzenberg presents a new interpretation of Kircher's hieroglyphic studies, placing them in the context of seventeenth-century scholarship on paganism and Oriental languages. Situating Kircher in the social world of baroque Rome, with its scholars, artists, patrons, and censors, he shows how Kircher's study of ancient paganism depended on the circulation of texts, artifacts, and people between Christian and Islamic civilisations |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-296) and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed April 5, 2013) |
| Subject |
Kircher, Athanasius, 1602-1680. Oedipus Aegyptiacus.
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| SUBJECT |
Oedipus Aegyptiacus (Kircher, Athanasius) fast |
| Subject |
Egyptian language -- Writing, Hieroglyphic.
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Occultism -- History
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Orientalism -- History -- 17th century
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Egyptology -- History
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Occultism -- history
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FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY -- African Languages.
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Egyptian language -- Writing, Hieroglyphic
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Egyptology
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Intellectual life
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Occultism
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Orientalism
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Ägyptologie
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| SUBJECT |
Europe -- Intellectual life -- 17th century.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85045727
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Italy -- Intellectual life -- 17th century
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| Subject |
Europe
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Italy
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2012022898 |
| ISBN |
9780226924151 |
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0226924157 |
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9781299311725 |
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1299311725 |
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