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A harmony of the spirits : translation and the language of community in early Pennsylvania / Patrick M. Erben.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Erben, Patrick M. (Patrick Michael)
Contributor:
JSTOR (Online Service)
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Language and languages--Variation.
Language and languages.
Pennsylvania--History.
Pennsylvania.
History.
Pennsylvania--Languages.
Language and culture--United States.
Language and culture.
United States.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (xvi, 335 pages) : illustrations
Place of Publication:
Chapel Hill : Published for the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture, Williamsburg, Virginia, by the University of North Carolina Press, [2012]
System Details:
text file
Contents:
"Unter der Leitung seines Geistes": Spiritual translation in early America
Reversing the heritage of Babel: Visions of religious and linguistic renewal in seventeenth-century Europe
Translating Pennsylvania: visions of spiritual community in promotional literature
Debating Pennsylvania: religious and linguistic diversity and difference
"Honey-combs" and "paper-hives": Francis Daniel Pastorius and the gathering of a translingual community of letters
A hidden voice amplified: music, mysticism, and translation
"What will become of Pennsylvania?": war, community and the language of suffering for peace
Confusio linguarum redux: Moravian missions, multilingualism, and the search for a spiritual language.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Electronic reproduction. New York Available via World Wide Web.
Description based on print version record.
ISBN:
9781469601342
1469601346
Publisher Number:
99983652053
40021084245
Access Restriction:
Restricted for use by site license.

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