Prophecies of Language: The Confusion of Tongues in German Romanticism

by Kristina Mendicino

Book Overview

The scenes of Babel and Pentecost, the original confusion of tongues and their redemption through translation, haunt German Romanticism and Idealism. This book begins by retracing 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--most often unbeknownst to the speaker herself. In prophetic speech,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0823274020
• ISBN13: 9780823274024
• Release Date: December 2016
• Publisher: Modern Language Initiative
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 8.9"