‘Filthy Egyptian Tricks’ in Arthur Conan Doyle’s “The Ring of Thoth” and “Lot no. 249”
‘Filthy Egyptian Tricks’ in Arthur Conan Doyle’s “The Ring of Thoth” and “Lot no. 249”

Author(s): Justyna Jajszczok
Subject(s): Cultural history, Studies of Literature, 19th Century, Philology, British Literature
Published by: Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
Keywords: British imperialism; Gothic Egypt fiction; infection; invasion literature; reverse colonisation
Summary/Abstract: The author discusses late 19th-century invasion literature in the context of Arthur Conan Doyle’s “The Ring of Thoth” and “Lot no. 249.” This enables the article to examine issues connected with British imperialism and reverse colonisation, since the plots of both texts can be presented as a version of imperial narratives, with ultimate victory over the invading force brought about by means of new, scientific methods.

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