No modern, well-versed literature lover can call their education complete without having read Augustine’s Confessions. One of the most original works of world literature, it is the first autobiography ever written, influencing writers from Montaigne to Rousseau, Virginia Woolf to Stephen Greenblatt. It is here that we learn how one of the greatest saints in Christendom overcame a wild and reckless past. Yet English translators have emphasised the ecclesiastical virtues of this masterpiece, at the expense of its passion and literary vigour. Restoring the lyricism of Augustine’s original language, Peter Constantine offers a masterful and elegant translation of Confessions.
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This translation of Confessions enlivens the beguiling world of late antiquity.
"... Constantine makes Augustine his own in the way of great translators."
Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9780871407146
Publisert
2018-02-23
Utgiver
Vendor
Liveright Publishing Corporation
Vekt
655 gr
Høyde
244 mm
Bredde
165 mm
Dybde
30 mm
Aldersnivå
G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Antall sider
368
Oversetter
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