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Author: Patrick M. Erben
Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press
Imprint: The University of North Carolina Press
Dimensions:
Width: 15.50cm
, Height: 2.50cm
, Length: 23.50cm
Weight: 0.511kg
ISBN: 9781469633466
ISBN 10: 1469633469
Pages: 352
Publication Date: 28 February 2017
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Available To Order
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Reviews
Highly readable. . . . The book is wonderfully written and profound in its observations. -- <i>Mennonite Quarterly Review</i>
An extraordinary book... Beautifully recaptures the lost voice and vision of the early American Philadelphian mystics.-Nova Religio Erben's project powerfully reconstructs another lost hermeneutic that will hopefully inspire future scholarship.-American Literature 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 [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 Intriguing... [and] remarkably successful in helping readers understand the broader context for many of the religious groups of early Pennsylvania.-Journal of Moravian 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 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 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 Highly readable... The book is wonderfully written and profound in its observations. - Mennonite Quarterly Review
Author Information
Patrick M. Erben is associate professor of English at the University of West Georgia.
