Nature and Language: A Semiotic Study of Cucurbits in Literature (Routledge Library Editions: Literary Theory) - Softcover

Norrman, Ralf; Haarberg, Jon

 
9781138683419: Nature and Language: A Semiotic Study of Cucurbits in Literature (Routledge Library Editions: Literary Theory)
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ISBN 10: 1138683418 ISBN 13: 9781138683419
Publisher: Routledge, 2018

Synopsis

There exists an area of overlap where language and nature meet, and this book, first published in 1980, illuminates that fascinating territory. When real-world things, such as plants, are used in literature or language as symbols, these special signs have a double allegiance. They function as language but derive their meaning from nature. The authors trace the consequences of this, and show how it affects the character of the relevant areas of language and literature.

Original and entertaining, this study cuts across a number of traditional disciplines. It should appeal not only to those interested in literature, language and semiotics, but also to students of philosophy, anthropology, classics, pictorial art, religion and folklore.

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Ralf Norrman, Jon Haarberg

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Publisher
Routledge
Publication date
2018
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1138683418
ISBN 13 
9781138683419
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
1
Number of pages
258

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