Talk:Lot No. 249/GA1

GA Review[edit]

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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]