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100 1  Irwin, John T.|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/
       n80004191 
245 10 American hieroglyphics :|bthe symbol of the Egyptian 
       hieroglyphics in the American Renaissance /|cJohn T. 
       Irwin. 
264  1 New Haven :|bYale University Press,|c[1980] 
264  4 |c©1980 
300    xii, 371 pages :|billustrations ;|c24 cm 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
504    Includes bibliographical references and index. 
505 00 |gpt. 1.|tEmerson, Thoreau, and Whitman:|tChampollion and 
       the historical background: Emerson's hieroglyphical 
       emblems --|tThoreau: the single, basic form -patenting a 
       leaf --|tWhitman: hieroglyphic bibles and phallic songs --
       |gpt. 2.|tPoe:|tHieroglyphics and the quest for origins: 
       the myth of hieroglyphic doubling --|tEnds and origins: 
       the voyage to the polar abyss and the journey to the 
       source of the Nile; the survival of the manuscript --
       |tCertainty and credibility -self-evidence and self-
       reference: Nietzsche and tragedy -Whitman and opera; the 
       open road --|tWriting self/written self: the dark double; 
       the overwhelming of the vessel --|tCannibalism and 
       sacrifice: metaphors of the body -transfiguration, 
       transubstantiation, resurrection, and ascension --
       |tNarcissus and the illusion of depth --|tSelf-recognition
       : deciphering a mnemic inscription; historical amnesia and
       personal anamnesis --|tRepetition: symbolic death and 
       rebirth; the infinite and the indefinite; the mechanism of
       foreshadowing --|tUnfinished narrative: the cavern 
       inscription on Tsalal; survival in an image --|tWhite 
       shadow: imaging the indefinite; reading the spirit from 
       the letter; the finality of revenge, the alogical status 
       of the self --|tReturn to oneness: breaking the crypt; the
       limits of interpretation; the ultimate certainty --|gpt. 
       3.|tHawthorne and Melville:|tHawthorne: the ambiguity of 
       the hieroglyphics; the unstable self and its roles; mirror
       image and phonetic veil; the feminine role of the artist; 
       veil and phallus; the book as partial object --|tMelville:
       the indeterminate ground; a conjunction of fountain and 
       vortex; the myth of Isis and Osiris; master oppositions; 
       the doubleness of the self and the illusion of consistent 
       character; Dionysus and Apollo; mask and phallus; the 
       chain of partial objects. 
648  7 19th century|2fast 
648  7 1783-1865|2fast 
650  0 American literature|y19th century|xHistory and criticism.
       |0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2007101047 
650  0 American literature|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/
       subjects/sh85004336|xEgyptian influences.|0https://
       id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh00005836 
650  0 Hieroglyphics in literature.|0https://id.loc.gov/
       authorities/subjects/sh94004584 
650  0 Symbolism in literature.|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/
       subjects/sh85131419 
650  6 Littérature américaine|y19e siècle|xHistoire et critique. 
650  6 Hiéroglyphes dans la littérature. 
650  6 Égypte dans la littérature. 
650  6 Littérature américaine|xInfluence égyptienne. 
650  6 Symbolisme dans la littérature. 
650  7 American literature.|2fast|0https://id.worldcat.org/fast/
       807113 
650  7 Intellectual life.|2fast|0https://id.worldcat.org/fast/
       975769 
650  7 American literature|xEgyptian influences.|2fast|0https://
       id.worldcat.org/fast/807155 
650  7 Hieroglyphics in literature.|2fast|0https://
       id.worldcat.org/fast/955977 
650  7 Symbolism in literature.|2fast|0https://id.worldcat.org/
       fast/1759341 
651  0 United States|xIntellectual life|y1783-1865.|0https://
       id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140365 
651  0 Egypt|xIn literature.|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/
       subjects/sh2008103198 
651  7 United States.|2fast|0https://id.worldcat.org/fast/1204155
651  7 Egypt.|2fast|0https://id.worldcat.org/fast/1208755 
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