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A Harmony of the Spirits: Translation and the Language of Community in Early Pen
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- ISBN
- 9780807835579
- Subject Area
- Religion, Language Arts & Disciplines, History
- Publication Name
- Harmony of the Spirits : Translation and the Language of Community in Early Pennsylvania
- Publisher
- University of North Carolina Press
- Item Length
- 9.2 in
- Subject
- United States / State & Local / Middle Atlantic (DC, De, Md, NJ, NY, Pa), United States / Colonial Period (1600-1775), Linguistics / Sociolinguistics, Christianity / Mennonite, Linguistics / General
- Publication Year
- 2012
- Series
- Published by the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture and the University of North Carolina Press Ser.
- Type
- Textbook
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 1 in
- Item Weight
- 7 Oz
- Item Width
- 6.1 in
- Number of Pages
- 352 Pages
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Publisher
University of North Carolina Press
ISBN-10
0807835579
ISBN-13
9780807835579
eBay Product ID (ePID)
110823194
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
352 Pages
Publication Name
Harmony of the Spirits : Translation and the Language of Community in Early Pennsylvania
Language
English
Publication Year
2012
Subject
United States / State & Local / Middle Atlantic (DC, De, Md, NJ, NY, Pa), United States / Colonial Period (1600-1775), Linguistics / Sociolinguistics, Christianity / Mennonite, Linguistics / General
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Religion, Language Arts & Disciplines, History
Series
Published by the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture and the University of North Carolina Press Ser.
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1 in
Item Weight
7 Oz
Item Length
9.2 in
Item Width
6.1 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2011-050214
Dewey Edition
23
Reviews
An extraordinary book. . . . Beautifully recaptures the lost voice and vision of the early American Philadelphian mystics.-- Nova Religio, Scholars interested in transatlantic conversations and in particular Pietist and Quaker studies will find this well-researched and well-written book a welcome volume. Erben's method of providing translation and quotations invites a continued conversation among those who have a shared interest in the spiritual, social and even political life of seventeenth- and eighteenth- century Pennsylvania.-- H-Pietism, Erben brilliantly demonstrates how religion, language, and affect come together in the interrelationships among nations, faiths, and individuals. . . . [This book] redefine[s] the parameters of discussion for colonial English and Germany literary culture in early Pennsylvania.-- Journal of American Studies, Erben makes compelling arguments. . . . [He] successfully broadens our view of early Pennsylvanians and their efforts to create a harmony of the spirits.-- Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, "Erben makes compelling arguments. . . . [He] successfully broadens our view of early Pennsylvanians and their efforts to create a harmony of the spirits." - Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, "A refreshing and thought-provoking perspective on the idealism of the past and on the theories of multilingualism in particular."-- William and Mary Quarterly, Erben's work uses previously unexploited sources to give a fresh perspective on the founding and early history of Pennsylvania. . . . This is a magnificent book that deserves to be widely read and emulated.-- American Historical Review, "Erben brilliantly demonstrates how religion, language, and affect come together in the interrelationships among nations, faiths, and individuals. . . . [This book] redefine[s] the parameters of discussion for colonial English and Germany literary culture in early Pennsylvania." - Journal of American Studies, "Erben's work uses previously unexploited sources to give a fresh perspective on the founding and early history of Pennsylvania. . . . This is a magnificent book that deserves to be widely read and emulated."-- American Historical Review, "[A] wonderfully imaginative work on language and translation. . . . A Harmony of the Spirits is thoroughly worth reading for those interested in the religious and ideological underpinnings of American colonization." - Journal of American History, "Erben has masterfully translated the multilingual sectarian voices of the past into an academic treatise on spiritual cooperation."-- William and Mary Quarterly, Erben's project powerfully reconstructs another lost hermeneutic that will hopefully inspire future scholarship.-- American Literature, Intriguing. . . [and] remarkably successful in helping readers understand the broader context for many of the religious groups of early Pennsylvania.-- Journal of Moravian History, "Intriguing. . . [and] remarkably successful in helping readers understand the broader context for many of the religious groups of early Pennsylvania."-- Journal of Moravian History, "With remarkable skill and formidable learning, Erben integrates the histories of radical religious sectarians, both English and German, in early Pennsylvania. His elegant readings cross a wide range of sources, from mystical texts to musical scores, to restore our understanding of the utopian culture shared by the linguistically diverse believers drawn to William Penn's 'Holy Experiment.'"--Mark Peterson, University of California, Berkeley, "Erben's project powerfully reconstructs another lost hermeneutic that will hopefully inspire future scholarship."-- American Literature, "An extraordinary book. . . . Beautifully recaptures the lost voice and vision of the early American Philadelphian mystics."-- Nova Religio, Erben brilliantly demonstrates how religion, language, and affect come together in the interrelationships among nations, faiths, and individuals. . . . [This book] redefine[s] the parameters of discussion for colonial English and Germany literary culture|9780807835579|, [A] wonderfully imaginative work on language and translation. . . . A Harmony of the Spirits is thoroughly worth reading for those interested in the religious and ideological underpinnings of American colonization.-- Journal of American History, Erben has masterfully translated the multilingual sectarian voices of the past into an academic treatise on spiritual cooperation.-- William and Mary Quarterly, "[A] wonderfully imaginative work on language and translation. . . . A Harmony of the Spirits is thoroughly worth reading for those interested in the religious and ideological underpinnings of American colonization."-- Journal of American History, "Highly readable. . . . The book is wonderfully written and profound in its observations." -- Mennonite Quarterly Review, "Scholars interested in transatlantic conversations and in particular Pietist and Quaker studies will find this well-researched and well-written book a welcome volume. Erben's method of providing translation and quotations invites a continued conversation among those who have a shared interest in the spiritual, social and even political life of seventeenth- and eighteenth- century Pennsylvania."-- H-Pietism, "Erben's work uses previously unexploited sources to give a fresh perspective on the founding and early history of Pennsylvania. . . . This is a magnificent book that deserves to be widely read and emulated." - American Historical Review, "Erben makes compelling arguments. . . . [He] successfully broadens our view of early Pennsylvanians and their efforts to create a harmony of the spirits."-- Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, "Erben brilliantly demonstrates how religion, language, and affect come together in the interrelationships among nations, faiths, and individuals. . . . [This book] redefine[s] the parameters of discussion for colonial English and Germany literary culture in early Pennsylvania."-- Journal of American Studies, Highly readable. . . . The book is wonderfully written and profound in its observations." -- Mennonite Quarterly Review
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Yes
Dewey Decimal
409.74809033
Synopsis
In early Pennsylvania, translation served as a utopian tool creating harmony across linguistic, religious, and ethnic differences. Patrick Erben challenges the long-standing historical myth--first promulgated by Benjamin Franklin--that language diversity posed a threat to communal coherence. He deftly traces the pansophist and Neoplatonist philosophies of European reformers that informed the radical English and German Protestants who founded the "holy experiment." Their belief in hidden yet persistent links between human language and the word of God impelled their vision of a common spiritual idiom. Translation became the search for underlying correspondences between diverse human expressions of the divine and served as a model for reconciliation and inclusiveness. Drawing on German and English archival sources, Erben examines iconic translations that engendered community in colonial Pennsylvania, including William Penn's translingual promotional literature, Francis Daniel Pastorius's multilingual poetics, Ephrata's "angelic" singing and transcendent calligraphy, the Moravians' polyglot missions, and the common language of suffering for peace among Quakers, Pietists, and Mennonites. By revealing a mystical quest for unity, Erben presents a compelling counternarrative to monolingualism and Enlightenment empiricism in eighteenth-century America., In early Pennsylvania, translation served as a utopian tool creating harmony across linguistic, religious, and ethnic differences. Patrick Erben challenges the long-standing historical myth--first promulgated by Benjamin Franklin--that language diversity posed a threat to communal coherence. He deftly traces the pansophist and Neoplatonist philosophies of European reformers that informed the radical English and German Protestants who founded the "holy experiment." Their belief in hidden yet persistent links between human language and the word of God impelled their vision of a common spiritual idiom. Translation became the search for underlying correspondences between diverse human expressions of the divine and served as a model for reconciliation and inclusiveness. By revealing a mystical quest for unity, Erben presents a compelling counternarrative to monolingualism and Enlightenment empiricism in eighteenth-century America., In early Pennsylvania, translation served as a utopian tool creating harmony across linguistic, religious, and ethnic differences. Patrick Erben challenges the long-standing historical myth--first promulgated by Benjamin Franklin--that language diversity posed a threat to communal coherence. He deftly traces the pansophist and Neoplatonist philosophies of European reformers that informed the radical English and German Protestants who founded the "holy experiment." Their belief in hidden yet persistent links between human language and the word of God impelled their vision of a common spiritual idiom. Translation became the search for underlying correspondences between diverse human expressions of the divine and served as a model for reconciliation and inclusiveness.Drawing on German and English archival sources, Erben examines iconic translations that engendered community in colonial Pennsylvania, including William Penn's translingual promotional literature, Francis Daniel Pastorius's multilingual poetics, Ephrata's "angelic" singing and transcendent calligraphy, the Moravians' polyglot missions, and the common language of suffering for peace among Quakers, Pietists, and Mennonites. By revealing a mystical quest for unity, Erben presents a compelling counternarrative to monolingualism and Enlightenment empiricism in eighteenth-century America.
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P120.V37.E73 2012
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2012
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