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| Format | Book Chapter |
|---|---|
| Author, Analytic | Wilson, Renate//Nolte, Peter |
| Title, Analytic | The diary of a German country parson in colonial Georgia |
| Author, Monographic | Salmons, Joseph C. |
| Title, Monographic | The German language in America, 1683-1991 |
| Medium | paper |
| Place of Publication | Madison, Wisconsin |
| Publisher | Max Kade Institute for German-American Studies, UW-Madison |
| Date of Publication | 1993 |
| Location in Work | 16-37 |
| Series Editor | Geitz, Henry |
| Series Title | Studies of the Max Kade Institute for German-American Studies |
| Abstract | There is a large body of printed and written communication by colonial immigrants from the German-language areas of central Europe. Much of the printed material is known or accessible. Much less well known is the large body of written material by trained clergy. This paper analyzes one example of this written German discourse and places it in its historical and social context. The text is drawn from the voluminous correspondence between 18th-century Pietist Lutheran ministers and some of their associates in the American colonies and their mother house in Germany. A major focus of the analysis is the extent to which style, choice of metaphor and other rhetorical devices observed for Pietist writings from the late 17th and early 18th century in Europe were significant characteristics in communications within the relevant segments of the American colonial population of native German speakers |
| Call Number | MKI PF 5925 G47 1993 |
| MKI Terms | Language, German (US) -- Dialects/ Language, German (US) -- Social aspects/ Colonial period/ Diaries/Dialects |