Language in the Confessions of Augustine - Couverture rigide

Burton, Philip

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0199266220 ISBN 13 : 9780199266227

Editeur : Oxford University Press, 2007

Synopsis

Philip Burton explores Augustine's treatment of language in his Confessions - a major work of Western philosophy and literature, with continuing intellectual importance. One of Augustine's key concerns is the story of his own encounters with language: from his acquisition of language as a child, through his career as schoolboy orator then star student at Carthage, to professor of rhetoric at Carthage and Rome. Having worked his way up to the eminence of Court Orator to the Roman Emperor at Milan, Augustine rediscovered the catholic Christianity of his childhood - and decided that this was incompatible with his rhetorical profession. Over the next ten years, he gradually reinvents himself as a different sort of language professional: a Christian intellectual, commentating on Scripture and preaching to his flock.

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À propos de l?auteur

Philip Burton is Lecturer in New Testament Studies and Biblical Languages at the University of Birmingham.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Oxford University Press
• Date d'édition: 2007
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0199266220
• ISBN 13: 9780199266227
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 212
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible