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25%OFFGarry Wills - Augustine´s Confessions: A Biography - 9780691143576 - V9780691143576
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Augustine´s Confessions: A Biography

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Description for Augustine´s Confessions: A Biography Hardback. An introduction to "Confessions", one of the most important books in the Christian and Western traditions. It tells the story of the "Confessions" - what motivated Augustine to dictate it, how it asks to be read, and the many ways it has been misread in the one-and-a-half millennia since it was composed. Series: Lives of Great Religious Books. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: DSBB; HRCC2; HRCM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 193 x 122 x 18. Weight in Grams: 252.
In this brief and incisive book, Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Garry Wills tells the story of the "Confessions" - what motivated Augustine to dictate it, how it asks to be read, and the many ways it has been misread in the one-and-a-half millennia since it was composed. Following Wills' biography of Augustine and his translation of the "Confessions", this is an unparalleled introduction to one of the most important books in the Christian and Western traditions. Understandably fascinated by the story of Augustine's life, modern readers have largely succumbed to the temptation to read the "Confessions" as autobiography. But, Wills argues, ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
176
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Series
Lives of Great Religious Books
Condition
New
Weight
252g
Number of Pages
176
Place of Publication
New Jersey, United States
ISBN
9780691143576
SKU
V9780691143576
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About Garry Wills
Garry Wills is the best-selling author of many books on religion and American history, including the Pulitzer Prize-winning "Lincoln at Gettysburg" (Simon & Schuster). His recent books include "St. Augustine: A Life" (Viking) and a translation of "Augustine's Confessions" (Penguin Classics).

Reviews for Augustine´s Confessions: A Biography
"Another gem of a little book by Garry Wills... Wills describes brilliantly the manner in which this strange work seeped slowly through literary circles... His book is a passionate plea that we should read Augustine's strange book as it was first heard, and in the light of the purposes for which it was first written."
Peter Brown, New York Review of ... Read more

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