The Ancient Egyptians: A Sourcebook of Their Writings

lxxii, 318, 10 pp. CONTENTS: Periodical Abbreviations; Introduction to the Torchbook Edition: The Study of Egyptian Literature, 1925-1965; Selective Bibliography, 1925-1965; Translator's Preface; Author's Preface; Outline of Egyptian History; By Way of Introduction: The Development of the Literature - The Learned Scribes - Singers and Story-Tellers - The Forms of the Poetry - Writing and Books - Our Understanding of Egyptian Texts; From the Oldest Poetry: From the Pyramid Texts - To the Crowns - Morning Hymns - Narratives - Instructions in Wisdom - Meditations and Complaints - Secular Poems - Religious Poems ; From the New Kingdom: Narratives - The Schools and Their Writings - Love Songs - Various Songs - Poems to the King - Religious Poems; Explanatory Notes.