Coherence, transition, and the ascent of the reader: the literary significance of "Confessions" IX

The Confessions challenges the modern sense of literary coherence. This is most obvious in the fact that the work is divided into two seemingly disjunctive parts: books I-IX provide an autobiographical account of Augustine’s conversion story, while books X-XIII address a number of philosophical ques...

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Main Author: Glowasky, Michael (Author)
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Language:English
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Published: Peeters [2016]
In: Augustiniana
Year: 2016, Volume: 66, Issue: 1/4, Pages: 135-149
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Augustinus, Aurelius, Saint 354-430, Confessiones 9 / Autobiography / Philosophy
RelBib Classification:KAB Church history 30-500; early Christianity
VA Philosophy
Further subjects:B Augustinus, Aurelius Saint (354-430) Confessiones
B Monica Saint 332-387
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