Let in the light : learning to read St. Augustine's Confessions, with attention to the Latin text / James Boyd White.
"Author John Boyd White starts from the assumption that most people, including himself initially, find translations of Augustine's Confessions, purportedly a "classic of western civilization," platitudinous, pious, and unsophisticated; the "story," such as it is, is impossible to follow and trivial...
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| Language: | English Latin |
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Latin |
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Significant portions of line by line translations with the original Latin followed by English translation ; commentary in English. |
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New York :
Columbia University Press,
[2022]
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| Physical Description: | xxiii, 359 pages ; 22 cm |
| Format: | Book |