An introduction to the history, genres, style, and later reception of Ancient Egyptian literature. Written from an interdisciplinary point of view, it offers an up-to-date discussion of the nature of literary communication in pharaonic Egypt.
Antonio Loprieno, Ph.D. (1977), University of Turin, Italy, and Dr. phil.habil. (1984), University of Göttingen, Germany, is Professor of Egyptology and Chairman of the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures at the University of California, Los Angeles. He has published extensively on Egyptian language and literature, including Ancient Egyptian: A Linguistic Introduction, (Cambridge University Press, 1995).