Augustine's Confessions A Biography |
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Author:
| Wills, Garry |
Series title: | Lives of Great Religious Bks. |
ISBN: | 978-0-691-21764-2 |
Publication Date: | Sep 2021 |
Publisher: | Princeton University Press
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Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | AUD $32.99 |
Book Description:
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From Pulitzer Prize-winner Garry Wills, the story of Augustine's ConfessionsIn 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.
From Pulitzer Prize-winner Garry Wills, the story of Augustine's ConfessionsIn 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.