a biography Wills, Garry 1934- creator text bibliography biography Electronic books. Biography. Criticism, interpretation, etc. Electronic books. nju Princeton, N.J Princeton University Press ©2011 2011 monographic eng 1 online resource (vii, 166 pages). In this brief and incisive book, Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Garry Wills tells the story of the Confessions--what motivated Augustine to dictate it, how it asks to be read, and the many ways it has been misread in the one-and-a-half millennia since it was composed. Following Wills's biography of Augustine and his translation of the Confessions, this is an unparalleled introduction to one of the most important books in the Christian and Western traditions. Understandably fascinated by the story of Augustine's life, modern readers have largely succumbed to the temptation to read the Confess. The book's birth -- The book's genre -- The book's African days -- The book's Ambrose -- The book's "conversion" -- The book's baptismal days -- The book's culmination -- The book's afterlife : early reception, later neglect. Garry Wills. Includes bibliographical references and index. f-ae--- of Hippo, Saint Augustine 354-430 Christian saints Algeria Hippo (Extinct city) Biography History and criticism Augustine Saint, Bishop of Hippo Confessiones Christian saints Algeria Hippo (Extinct city) Biography History and criticism Religion RELIGION Christian Church History RELIGION Christianity History RELIGION Christian Theology General Christian saints Algeria Hippo (Extinct city) BR65.A62 W55 2011eb 270.2092 Wills, Garry, 1934- Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, ©2011 (DLC) 2010016452 (OCoLC)608687795 1400838029 9781400838028 22573/cttxfmm JSTOR B21F21AD-CB5F-438E-BFA3-AE50850804C6 OverDrive, Inc. http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=356016 http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=e000xna&AN=356016 http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=356016 http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=e000xna&AN=356016 E7B 100416 20200709055334.0 ocn708566298 eng