American hieroglyphics : the symbol of the Egyptian hieroglyphics in the American Renaissance / John T. Irwin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Irwin, John T.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

American literature--19th century--History and criticism.

American literature.

Hieroglyphics in literature.

American literature--Egyptian influences.

Egypt--In literature.

Egypt.

Symbolism in literature.

Physical Description:

xii, 371 pages ; 24 cm

Edition:

Johns Hopkins paperbacks edition.

Place of Publication:

Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 1983, c1980.

Summary:

"This is major scholarship, both as it contributes to American history of ideas and as it offers a brilliant new interpretation of major nineteenth-century American writers."--J. Hillis Miller

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0801829089

OCLC:

9393812