Augustine, the Confessions / Gillian Clark.

By: Clark, Gillian (E. Gillian)
Material type: TextTextSeries: Landmarks of world literature: Publisher: Cambridge ; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, 1993Description: viii, 110 p. ; 21 cmISBN: 0521401046 (hbk); 052140942X (pbk.)Subject(s): Augustine, of Hippo, Saint, 354-430. ConfessionesDDC classification: 270.2/092 | B LOC classification: BR65.A62 | C53 1993Online resources: Table of contents | Publisher description
Contents:
1. Augustine's world. 1. Africa: world politics. 2. Thagaste: family, church and school. 3. Carthage: rhetoric and religion. 4. Africa to Italy: Manichees and pagans. 5. Milan: worldly success and renunciation. 6. Return to Africa: monks and bishops -- 2. Genre: describing a life. 7. 'The first ten books are about me...'. 8. 'I want to know all about you'. 9. Spiritual biography -- 3. True Confessions? Narrative and memory. 10. What really happened? 11. Multiple readings and exegesis. 12. Narrative and memory. 13. Telling stories. 14. Augustine's conversion -- 4. Speaking the truth: rhetoric and style. 15. Sermo humilis and variation of style. 16. Intertexts: Bible, classical culture and philosophy. 17. Hearing the Confessions -- 5. Finding meanings: Augustine at Carthage.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 107-110).

1. Augustine's world. 1. Africa: world politics. 2. Thagaste: family, church and school. 3. Carthage: rhetoric and religion. 4. Africa to Italy: Manichees and pagans. 5. Milan: worldly success and renunciation. 6. Return to Africa: monks and bishops -- 2. Genre: describing a life. 7. 'The first ten books are about me...'. 8. 'I want to know all about you'. 9. Spiritual biography -- 3. True Confessions? Narrative and memory. 10. What really happened? 11. Multiple readings and exegesis. 12. Narrative and memory. 13. Telling stories. 14. Augustine's conversion -- 4. Speaking the truth: rhetoric and style. 15. Sermo humilis and variation of style. 16. Intertexts: Bible, classical culture and philosophy. 17. Hearing the Confessions -- 5. Finding meanings: Augustine at Carthage.

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