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Record Nr.

UNINA9910478908203321

Autore

Pastorius Francis Daniel <1651-1719, >

Titolo

The Francis Daniel Pastorius reader : writings by an early American polymath / / edited by Patrick M. Erben ; associate editors, Alfred L. Brophy and Margo M. Lambert

Pubbl/distr/stampa

University Park, Pennsylvania : , : The Pennsylvania State University Press, , 2019

ISBN

0-271-08388-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xxvii, 451 pages :) : illustrations ;

Collana

The Max Kade Research Institute series: Germans beyond Europe

Disciplina

973.2092

Soggetti

American poetry - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775

German Americans - Pennsylvania - Philadelphia

Quakers - Pennsylvania - Philadelphia

Electronic books.

Germantown (Philadelphia, Pa.) History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- How to Use This Book -- Editorial Method -- Biographical Chronology -- Notes -- Introduction: The Lives and Letters of Francis Daniel Pastorius -- Notes -- Part 1: Printed Texts -- Fig. 1 -- 1. Writings on the Founding of Germantown and Descriptions of Early Pennsylvania -- 2. Writings on Religious Controversy -- 3. Writings on Education -- Part 2: Manuscript Texts -- Fig. 2 -- 4. Commonplace, Encyclopedic, and Bibliographic Writings -- 5. Poetry -- 6. Letters and Correspondence -- 7. Practical Advice on Gardening, Agriculture, and Medicine -- 8. Legal and Civic Writings -- List of People and Places -- Bibliography and Further Reading -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

"A comprehensive overview of the writings of Francis Daniel Pastorius, founder of Germantown, lawyer, educator, and early modern polymath. Includes many of Pastorius's unpublished manuscripts as well as new translations of German-language tracts printed in his lifetime"--Provided by publisher.