Prophecies of language : the confusion of tongues in German Romanticism /
The scenes of Babel and Pentecost, the original confusion of tongues and their redemption through translation, haunt German Romanticism and Idealism. This text retraces the ways in which the task of translation, so crucial to Romantic writing, is repeatedly tied to prophecy, not in the sense of tell...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Fordham University Press,
2017.
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Colección: | Lit z.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | The scenes of Babel and Pentecost, the original confusion of tongues and their redemption through translation, haunt German Romanticism and Idealism. This text retraces the ways in which the task of translation, so crucial to Romantic writing, is repeatedly tied to prophecy, not in the sense of telling future events but in the sense of speaking in the place of another. |
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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource |
Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
ISBN: | 9780823274048 0823274047 9780823274055 0823274055 9780823274062 0823274063 |