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American Hieroglyphics - The Symbol of the Egyptian Hieroglyphics in the American Renaissance (Paperback)
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American Hieroglyphics - The Symbol of the Egyptian Hieroglyphics in the American Renaissance (Paperback)
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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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