The Lure of the Mummy: Science, Séances and Egyptian Tales in Fin-de-Siècle England

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  • David Glover

Keywords:

literature, victorian, egypt, Bram Stoker, The Jewel of Seven Stars, folk-lore, sprititualism, Dracula, J.W. Brodie-Innes

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2020-06-11

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Glover, D. (2020). The Lure of the Mummy: Science, Séances and Egyptian Tales in Fin-de-Siècle England. Australasian Journal of Victorian Studies, 1(1), 1-10. https://openjournals.library.sydney.edu.au/AJVS/article/view/13283