Augustine's 'Confessions': the social and literary context
The Conf. is one of the most misunderstood works from antiquity because it seems to invite the present-day reader to identify with the author and his concerns, while, in the process, modern-day concerns are superimposed. Consideration of aspects of the context of late antiquity in general, and three...
Author: | Annemaré Kotzé |
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2006
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Volume: | 49 |
Pages: | 145-166 |
Periodical: | Acta classica, proceedings of the Classical Assocation of South Africa |
Format: | Article |
Topic: | -
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- Works > Confessiones > Topics > [Lecture en situation] - Biography > Relations and Sources > Greek Christian writers > Athanasius - Pseudo-Athanasius - Athanasius of Alexandria > Athanasius > [Vita Antonii] - Biography > Relations and Sources > Greek Christian writers > Gregory of Nazianzus (the theologian) > [De uita sua] - Biography > Relations and Sources > Latin Christian writers > Cyprian / Pseudo Cyprian > Cyprian > Ad Donatum - Influence and Survival > [Époque Contemporaine (1789-1960)] > Relevance of Augustine > [Confessiones] |
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