Books by Angela C Pao
The Orient of the Boulevards
by Angela C Pao
Pao’s book looks at the evolving representations of the Orient on the stages of the boulevard theatres of Paris from the early 19th century until their destruction during Haussmann’s urban renewal. Le Zodiaque de Paris, the vaudeville play about the Dendera Zodiac, can be counted among these plays that put ideas about Egypt on the popular stage.
Interviews where books by Angela C Pao were recommended
The best books on French Egyptomania, recommended by Diane Greco Josefowicz
Using examples that range from vaudeville plays to secret societies, Josefowicz paints a colourful picture of the period when, inspired by Napoleon, the French were whipped into an Egyptian frenzy
