A Key for the Gate
Roger Williams, Parliament, and Providence
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9375547 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jonathan Beecher Field (Jonathan Beecher Field is Assistant Professor of English at Clemson University. The article above proceeds from his book manuscript, “Errands into the Metropolis: New England Authors in Revolutionary London.” He is presently completing an essay titled “The Antinomian Controversy Did Not Take Place,” and this fall he will do fieldwork for an article on Boston's Duck Tours titled “Ducking History.”, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2007 |
| Volume | 80 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 353-382 |
| Publication date | 2007-08-20 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The New England Quarterly (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0028-4866 • E-ISSN: 1937-2213 |
| Publisher | The MIT Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1162/tneq.2007.80.3.353 |
| OpenAlex | W2018452192 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
Roger Williams's A Key into the Language of America (1644) played an unheralded role in his effort to secure a patent for Providence Plantations. Written in the form of a bilingual dialogue between English and Indians, the Key echoes linguistic works then popular in London and, in presenting a civilized Indian populace, legitimates the land transaction supporting Williams's patent claim
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| Citations per year | 0.11 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2008 - 2010 (3) |
| Highly cited | No |