Signs of the Signs The Literary Lights of Incandescence and Neon【電子書籍】[ William Brevda ]

＜p＞This book is a study of signs in American literature and culture. It is mainly about electric signs, but also deals with non-electric signs and related phenomena, such as movie sets. The "sign" is considered in both the architectural and semiotic senses of the word. It is argued that the drama and spectacle of the electric sign called attention to the semiotic implications of the "sign." In fiction, poetry, and commentary, the electric sign became a "sign" of manifold meanings that this book explores: a sign of the city, a sign of America, a sign of the twentieth century, a sign of modernism, a sign of postmodernism, a sign of noir, a sign of naturalism, a sign of the beats, a sign of signs systems (the Bible to Broadway), a sign of tropes (the Great White way to the neon jungle), a sign of the writers themselves, a sign of the sign itself.＜/p＞ ＜p＞If Moby Dick is the great American novel, then it is also the great American novel about signs, as the prologue maintains. The chapters t．．．楽天市場のショップで商品詳細の続きを見る