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100 1  Irwin, John T.,|eauthor. 
245 10 American Hieroglyphics :|bThe Symbol of the Egyptian 
       Hieroglyphics in the American Renaissance /|cJohn T. 
       Irwin. 
264  1 [Place of publication not identified] :|bJohns Hopkins 
       University Press,|c[2016] 
264  4 |c©2016 
300    1 online resource (386 pages) 
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520    "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'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."--|cProvided by Freading. 
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650  0 Symbolism in literature. 
650  0 Hieroglyphics in literature. 
650  0 American literature|xEgyptian influences. 
650  0 American literature|y19th century|xHistory and criticism. 
650  7 LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 19th Century.|2bisacsh 
651  0 Egypt|xIn literature. 
651  0 United States|xIntellectual life|y1783-1865. 
655  0 Electronic books. 
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