Pyramiden, Geheimnisse, Schwärmer Das erzählte Ägypten in den Trivialromanen der Spätaufklärung

[Autom. eng. transl.] The literarization of Egypt or of ancient Egypt in Germany in the 18th century is not an accidental individual case. The narrative Egypt emerges as part of a discussion that extends from the first quarter to the end of the century (and beyond) in terms of cultural and literary history, and becomes particularly explosive in the eighties. It is therefore no coincidence that in addition to great poets such as Wieland, Schiller or Goethe, the emerging trivial novel also focuses on the subject of Egypt. The article first outlines the Egyptian discourse in the 18th century within the framework of certain cultural and literary historical time limits in order to elucidate the profiling of the narrative Egypt. Thereafter, the literarization of Egypt is tapped on the example of two trivial novels of the nineties: Friedrich Eberhard Rambach's Aylo and Jadina or the pyramids. An Egyptian story (1793-1794) and Christian Heinrich Spieß 'The secrets of the old Egipzier. A true magic and ghost story of the eighteenth century (1798-1799).