Confessions A New Translation

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.

ISBN:	9781631496004
Publisher:	Liveright
Imprint:	Liveright Publishing Corporation
Published date:	05 Mar 2019
DEWEY:	270.2092
DEWEY edition:	23
Language:	English
Number of pages:	368
Weight:	310g
Height:	141mm
Width:	210mm
Spine width:	23mm

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