American Hieroglyphics (ePub)
The Symbol of the Egyptian Hieroglyphics in the American Renaissance
(Sprache: Englisch)
How the discovery of the Rosetta Stone led to new ways of thinking about language: "A brilliant new interpretation of major 19th-century American writers." -J. Hillis Miller
The discovery of the Rosetta Stone and the subsequent decipherment of Egyptian...
The discovery of the Rosetta Stone and the subsequent decipherment of Egyptian...
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How the discovery of the Rosetta Stone led to new ways of thinking about language: "A brilliant new interpretation of major 19th-century American writers." -J. Hillis Miller
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'sAmerican Hieroglyphicsexamines 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.
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'sAmerican Hieroglyphicsexamines 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.
Autoren-Porträt von John T. Irwin
John T. Irwin is the Decker Professor in the Humanities emeritus at Johns Hopkins University. His books include F. Scott Fitzgerald's Fiction: "An Almost Theatrical Innocence"; Hart Crane's Poetry: "Appollinaire lived in Paris, I live in Cleveland, Ohio"; The Mystery to a Solution: Poe, Borges, and the Analytic Detective Story; and Unless the Threat of Death Is Behind Them: Hard-Boiled Fiction and Film Noir.
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- Autor: John T. Irwin
- Englisch
- Verlag: Johns Hopkins University Press
- ISBN-10: 142142116X
- ISBN-13: 9781421421162
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