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  E-mail Message: I thought you might be interested in this item at http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1237546565 Title: The mummy Author: Doris V Sutherland Publisher: Leighton Buzzard : Auteur, 2019. ISBN/ISSN: 9781800850552 1800850557 9781911325963 1911325965 9781800347281 1800347286 OCLC:1237546565

  
  

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The mummy

Author:	Doris V Sutherland
Publisher:	Leighton Buzzard : Auteur, 2019.
Series:	Devil's advocates.
Edition/Format:	eBook : English : First editionView all editions and formats
Summary:	"Released in 1932, The Mummy moved Universal horror away from the Gothic Europe of Dracula and Frankenstein and into a land of deserts, pyramids, and long-lost tombs. In doing so the film continued a tradition of horror fiction that is almost as old as the Western pursuit of Egyptology, as numerous European and American authors from the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries had portrayed Egypt as a place of mystery and magic. This book examines the roots of The Mummy. It shows how the film shares many of its motifs with the work of writers such as Bram Stoker, Arthur Conan Doyle, and H. Rider Haggard, whose tales of living mummies, immortal sorcerers, and Egyptian mysticism bear strong resemblances to Universal's movie. In addition, the book discusses how The Mummy drew upon a contemporary vogue for all things ancient Egyptian: the tomb of Tutankhamun was discovered the decade before the film was released, prompting sensationalistic rumors of a curse. This is the story of what happened when Hollywood horror went to Egypt"--Abstract  Read more...
Subjects	Mummy (Motion picture : 1932) Mummy films -- History and criticism. Horror films -- History and criticism. View all subjects
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