LEADER 02694nam 2200565Ia 450 001 9910781332703321 005 20230725052012.0 010 $a1-283-13531-0 010 $a9786613135315 010 $a1-61147-051-X 035 $a(CKB)2550000000037061 035 $a(EBL)716055 035 $a(OCoLC)731646765 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000538171 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12242341 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000538171 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10557225 035 $a(PQKB)10738751 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC716055 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL716055 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10478272 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL313531 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000037061 100 $a20100715d2011 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aJanet Frame$b[electronic resource] $esemiotics and biosemiotics in her early fiction /$fPaul Matthew St. Pierre 210 $aMadison, NJ $cRowman & Litterfield Publishers$d2011 215 $a1 online resource (221 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-61147-050-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aJANET FRAME; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Writing the Body in the Body of Writing of Janet Frame; 1. Signs, Signatories, Semiotics in The Lagoon; 2. The Spatialization of Sound-Image Signs in Owls Do Cry; 3. A Biosemiotics of Facial Displays in Faces in the Water; 4. The Biosemiotic Self as Body in The Edge of the Alphabet; 5. Frame's Apprenticeship to Journeyman and Master Writer; Glossary; Notes; Works Cited; Index 330 $aIn Janet Frame: Semiotics and Biosemiotics in Her Early Fiction, Paul Matthew St. Pierre exploits the linguistic discipline of semiotics and the neurobiological discipline of biosemiotics to propose an original and dynamic reading of the first four works of fiction by New Zealand writer Janet Frame (1924-2004): The Lagoon: Stories (1951), Owls Do Cry (1957), Faces in the Water (1961), and The Edge of the Alphabet (1962). Opposing the prevailing reading of Frame's early fiction as autobiographical, deriving from her medical history, he argues her books are singular evocations of her astonishing 606 $aSymbolism in literature 606 $aSemiotics and literature 615 0$aSymbolism in literature. 615 0$aSemiotics and literature. 676 $a823/.914 700 $aSt. Pierre$b Paul Matthew$01488677 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910781332703321 996 $aJanet Frame$93708997 997 $aUNINA