Description: American Hieroglyphics : The Symbol of the Egyptian Hieroglyphics in the American Renaissance, Paperback by Irwin, John T., ISBN 1421421151, ISBN-13 9781421421155, Brand New, Free shipping in the US
A sophisticated examination of the American Symbolists, back in print for the first time in more than a decade.
The discovery of the Rosetta Stone and the subsequent decipherment of Egyptian hieroglyphics captured the imaginations of nineteenth-century American writers and provided a focal point for their speculations on the relationships between sign, symbol, language, and meaning. Through fresh readings of classic works by Emerson, Thoreau, Whitman, Poe, Hawthorne, and Melville, John T. Irwin’s American Hieroglyphics examines the symbolic mode associated with the pictographs.
Irwin demonstrates how American Symbolist literature of the period was motivated by what he calls "hieroglyphic doubling," the use of pictographic expression as a medium of both expression and interpretation. Along the way, he touches upon a wide range of topics that fascinated people of the day, including the journey to the source of the Nile and ideas about the origin of language.
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Book Title: American Hieroglyphics : The Symbol of the Egyptian Hieroglyphics
Number of Pages: 384 Pages
Publication Name: American Hieroglyphics : the Symbol of the Egyptian Hieroglyphics in the American Renaissance
Language: English
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
Item Height: 1 in
Subject: Movements / Transcendentalism, American / General, Semiotics & Theory
Publication Year: 2016
Item Weight: 19.2 Oz
Type: Textbook
Item Length: 9 in
Author: John T. Irwin
Subject Area: Literary Criticism, Philosophy
Item Width: 6 in
Format: Trade Paperback
