Writing the Sphinx: Literature, Culture and Egyptology

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Writing the Sphinx : Literature, Culture and Egyptology. / Dobson, Eleanor.

Edinburgh University Press, 2020. 280 p. (Edinburgh Critical Studies in Victorian Culture).

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Harvard

Dobson, E 2020, Writing the Sphinx: Literature, Culture and Egyptology. Edinburgh Critical Studies in Victorian Culture, Edinburgh University Press. <https://edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-writing-the-sphinx-hb.html>

APA

Dobson, E. (2020). Writing the Sphinx: Literature, Culture and Egyptology. (Edinburgh Critical Studies in Victorian Culture). Edinburgh University Press. https://edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-writing-the-sphinx-hb.html

Vancouver

Dobson E. Writing the Sphinx: Literature, Culture and Egyptology. Edinburgh University Press, 2020. 280 p. (Edinburgh Critical Studies in Victorian Culture).

Author

Dobson, Eleanor. / Writing the Sphinx : Literature, Culture and Egyptology. Edinburgh University Press, 2020. 280 p. (Edinburgh Critical Studies in Victorian Culture).

Bibtex

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