Talk:Lot No. 249

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Review: November 19, 2018. (Reviewed version).

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GA Review

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Reviewer: Drown Soda (talk · contribs) 22:25, 19 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Background

During the nineteenth-century, Napoleon's Egyptian campaign (1798–1801), combined with the translation of the Rosetta Stone, lead many Europeans to become fascinated with Egyptian art, architecture, science and religion, a fascination that became known as Egyptomania. Egyptomania lead to mummies becoming an "enduring theme in Western fiction"... These two events lead to a late Victorian era "fascination with the Egyptian undead," popularized by H. Rider Haggard's novel Cleopatra (1889) -- "lead" should be past-tense "led" in these instances.
"Lot. No. 249" was not the first work of English literature to include a reanimated mummy; that distinction goes to Jane Webb's The Mummy! (1827), a science fiction novel heavily influenced by Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (1818).-- Probably should be referenced given the type of claim made.

Themes

These circumstances lead to a sub-genre of Gothic fiction that Emily Adler refers to as the "Imperial Gothic," which is concerned with British fears of being invaded by foreign cultures.-- "lead"-->"led"

Adaptations

The Tales from the Darkside segment contains slapstick and slasher film elements. --should support this with a reference.

References All here appears in order; shortened footnotes are appropriately used for book sources.

Conclusion: The article appears in very good shape and is mostly meticulously-referenced, aside from a few instances. I feel it qualifies for GA status, though the few things I pointed out above should be looked over/addressed. Overall well-written and broad enough in scope to meet the requirements; just needs minor tweaking. ✓ Pass --Drown Soda (talk) 22:25, 19 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

@Drown Soda: I addressed your concerns. Thanks so much for your help!MagicatthemovieS (talk) 22:55, 19 November 2018 (UTC)MagicatthemovieS[reply]

A suggestion

Well, it looks like I missed the GA review, but I have something to point out, in this sentence: "Written during a period of great European interest in Egyptian culture known as Egyptomania, Doyle was inspired to write "Lot No. 249 by his interests...". The first clause (up to the comma) should apply to the story, but the sentence is structured so it applies to "Doyle". I'm trying to think of ways to restructure it. Maybe "'Lot No. 249' was written during a period of great European interest in Egyptian culture known as Egyptomania. Doyle was inspired to write it by his interests in the supernatural, crime and Egyptology"? A. Parrot (talk) 04:48, 24 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

@A. Parrot: I finally noticed your message and corrected the problem. Cheers!MagicatthemovieS (talk) 01:46, 9 September 2019 (UTC)MagicatthemovieS[reply]