E11. Dr Eleanor Dobson. Gothic Horror - Death & The Nile

How did Egyptian mummies become entwined with fairy tale princesses? What was an Egyptian queen doing in King Arthur's court? What Do Egyptologists Wallis Budge & Battiscombe Gunn, have in common with Occultists Aleister Crowley & Florence Farr? And where do Lovecraft, Freud, and Cleopatra fit in? Answers to this, and more in this weeks episode! 

Dr Eleanor Dobson is lecturer in nineteenth century literature at the university of Birmingham, with a particular focus on the reception of ancient Egypt. She was instrumental in the foundation of the Tea with the sphinx annual conference, and author of several fascinating papers (which I encourage you to find online), and the upcoming book, Ancient Egypt in the Modern Imagination: Art, Literature and Culture.

We sat down over Skype to talk about the inspirations behind some major horror and mummy fiction, as well as some unexpected social connections between some famous and infamous Egyptologists and occultists of the 19th century! So, if you like your Budge with a slice of Crowley, or your Yeats with a slice of Lovecraft, you’ve come to the right place!  

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Where to find Dr Dobson

Twitter

@EllieCDobson

Academia.edu (profile & papers)

https://bham.academia.edu/EleanorDobson

By Eleanor Dobson

https://smile.amazon.co.uk/Silver-Bullets-Classic-Werewolf-Stories/dp/0712352201/ref=sr_1_2?keywords=silver+bullets&qid=1573730909&sr=8-2

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Forthcoming book

https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/ancient-egypt-in-the-modern-imagination-9781788313391/

 

Works Mentioned

 

Stoker

https://smile.amazon.co.uk/Jewel-Seven-Stars-Complete-Published/dp/143828747X/ref=sr_1_2?keywords=Jewel+of+Seven+Stars&qid=1573731043&sr=8-2

Hammer

https://smile.amazon.co.uk/Blood-Mummys-Tomb-Doubleplay-Blu-ray/dp/B0753P27VH/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=blood+from+the+mummy%27s+tomb&qid=1573731182&sr=8-1

Conan Doyle

https://smile.amazon.co.uk/Lot-Penguin-Little-Black-Classics/dp/0241251567/ref=sr_1_3?keywords=lot+no.+249&qid=1573731079&sr=8-3

https://smile.amazon.co.uk/Ring-Thoth-Arthur-Conan-Doyle/dp/149740830X/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=ring+of+thoth&qid=1573731132&sr=8-1

 

Ziska

https://smile.amazon.co.uk/Ziska-Problem-Wicked-Marie-Corelli/dp/1519647697/ref=smi_www_rco2_go_smi_g8682124849?_encoding=UTF8&%2AVersion%2A=1&%2Aentries%2A=0&ie=UTF8

 

Florence Farr

https://smile.amazon.co.uk/Magical-Writings-Florence-Farr-Golden/dp/1926982029/ref=sr_1_2?keywords=florence+farr&qid=1573730532&sr=8-2

https://smile.amazon.co.uk/Egyptian-Magic-Florence-Farr/dp/116256220X/ref=sr_1_3?keywords=florence+farr&qid=1573730592&sr=8-3

 

Crowley

https://smile.a