Available in the national library of australia collection. Akhenaten was a fascinating, shadowy figure in egyptian history archaeologists have discovered attempts to eradicate all traces of his brief reign, but enough. Akhenaten was a pharaoh of the eighteenth dynasty of egypt who ruled for 17 years and died in 36 or 34 bc. Porters awards include the age book of the year for poetry, the national book. Akhenaten, pharaoh of the eighteenth dynasty of egypt. Often called the originator of monotheism and the worlds first recorded individual, he has fascinated and inspired both scholars of egyptology and creative talents as diverse as sigmund freud and philip glass. But in her other poems i found the use of somewhat, and very obscene language, lessened my enjoyment of the poems.
You have given him understanding of your designs and your power. Download fulltext pdf download fulltext pdf akhenaten and the strange physiques of egypts 18th dynasty article pdf available in annals of internal medicine 1508. The book was nominated for several awards including the inaugural prime ministers literary award in 2007 and for best fiction in the ned kelly awards. Her arrangement of ahkenatens hymn to the aten is beautiful. Akhenaten simple english wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. We discover the young dorothy porters drug of choice was none other than romantic love and that some of the most deeply passionate experiences of her life happened between the covers of a book. This is possibly the weirdest book i have ever read. She graduated from the university of sydney in 1975 with a bachelor of arts majoring in english and history works and awards.
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He is known for trying to create a monotheistic worship of the egyptian sun god, aten and destroying the temples. Dorothy porter s awardwinning crime thriller in verse, the monkey mask, has become a modern australian classic. The people of the world are in your hand just as you have created them. Akhenaten dorothy porter national library of australia. In fact, if osmans contentions are right, many major old. Akhenaten was a fascinating, shadowy figure in egyptian history archaeologists have discovered attempts to eradicate all traces of his brief reign, but enough remains to tell a remarkable story of incest, heresy, androgyny and a massive cult of personality. Get your kindle here, or download a free kindle reading app. Middle east, egypt, history, world akhenaten is a book by dorothy porter. Dorothy porters frank sexual tone works well with this ancient tale of power, mysticism and intrigue. Like albert camus celebrated caligula, dorothy porters akhenaten is an attractive warped megalomaniac who attempted to construct an. This is a very well crafted and beautifully written book about the heretic king amenhotep iv, better known by the name he gave himself in honor of his god, akhenaten. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders.
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Moses and akhenaten one and the same person by ahmed osman. This collection, the best of her lifes work as selected by her partner andrea. Dec 26, 2002 the pharaoh akhenaten, who ruled egypt in the midfourteenth century bce, has been the subject of more speculation than any other character in egyptian history. Dorothy porters third verse novel deepens her work on akhenaten and the groundbreaking the monkeys mask with a dark story of sex, death and psychology set in and around sydneys iconic asylum callan. Called the religious revolutionary, he is the earliest known creator of a new religion. Akhenaten is a fascinating, shadowy figure in egyptian history archaeol. A narrative verse as effective as monkeys mask, porter seduces the readers into a realm of enchanting deities and distant mythology where mummification could almost pass as a kinky sexplay. Akhenaten, also known as amenhotep iv, was king of egypt during the eighteenth dynasty and reigned from 75 to 58 b. Porter 2000 the book to which porter refers is the awardwinning, bestselling the monkeys mask published in 1994, two years after the publication of her first verse novel akhenaten in 1992. Osmans book, moses and akhenaten provides a radical challenge to the longstanding beliefs concerning the origin of semitic religion and the puzzle of akhenatens deviation from ancient egyptian tradition.
A turning point, between two sassy prose novels for teenagers, was akhenaten 1992. Moses and akhenaten one and the same person by ahmed. Pdf, epubs, mobi, emagazines, epaper, ejournal and more. Akhenaten was a fascinating, shadowy figure in egyptian history archaeologists have discovered attempts to eradicate all traces of his brief reign, but enough remains to tell a remarkable story of incest, heresy. The work is divided into four parts each titled after stations in his life the childhood palacehome of malkata, the thebes where he began his rule, and then twice akhetaten, the new capital each of which then collects poems, most only a few lines or a page or two. If it available for your country it will shown as book reader and user fully subscribe will. Popular akhenaten books meet your next favorite book.
The pharaoh akhenaten, who ruled egypt in the midfourteenth century bce, has been the subject of more speculation than any other character in egyptian history. Dorothy porter s frank sexual tone works well with this ancient tale of power, mysticism and intrigue. No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior permission of. Music that inspired ms porter janis joplin piece of my heart. Dorothy porter lets akhenaten tells his own story in akhenaten and he does so in verse. His father is a wise and respected man with a reputation for honoring truth. Author information dorothy porter is an acclaimed poet, lyricist and librettist. A telling of the life of akhenaten in verse by australian poet dorothy porter.
Akhenaten is a novel in verse that captures the obsessive, erotic nature of its central figure. Kath so, without the supposedly obligatory derivation of sex from gender, the. It was the first known attempt at monotheism in the world. Dorothy porter and andrea goldsmith in december 2008 australia lost one of its most acclaimed and popular poets with the death of dorothy porter from breast cancer at age 54. Jan 30, 2009 a turning point, between two sassy prose novels for teenagers, was akhenaten 1992. Listen to radio national airplays celebration of the late dorothy porters work, the monkeys mask a radio adaptation in two. Called the religious revolutionary, he is the earliest known creator of a new. The narrator of the story is a young man living decades after the death of the king. Akhenaten verse novel, a 1992 poem by dorothy porter. Katherine bode, dorothy porters akhenaten performances radically problematise sex, gender and sexuality in their parodic repetition of the heterosexual original 7. In berlin she had looked at the famous bust of the ancient egyptian kings wife nefertiti. Judith reclines on the grass again, and katherine, kathy and kath keep walking.
Akhenaten and the strange physiques of egypts 18th dynasty. The cult he founded broke with egypts traditional polytheism and focused its worship on a single deity, the sun god aten. Jan 01, 1992 this is possibly the weirdest book i have ever read. Moses and akhenaten provides a radical challenge to longstanding beliefs concerning the origin of semitic religion and the puzzle of akhenatens deviation from ancient egyptian tradition. The monkeys mask dorothy porter national library of. Her father was barrister chester porter and her mother, jean, was a high school chemistry teacher.
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