Eternity's ennui : temporality, perseverance and voice in Augustine and Western literature /

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This book examines the nature of Augustinian time as the unfathomable yet permanent focus of the present. What are the implications for Augustine's confessional discourse? How to reconcile the brevity of time's focus with eternity's longueur and the rhetoric of digression?

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Pranger, M. B.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2010.
Colección:Brill's studies in intellectual history ; v. 190.
Temas:
Augustine, > of Hippo, Saint, > 354-430. > Confessiones.
Confessiones (Augustine, of Hippo, Saint)
Time > Religious aspects > Christianity.
Time in literature.
Temps > Aspect religieux > Christianisme.
Temps dans la littérature.
RELIGION > Christian Church > History.
RELIGION > Christianity > History.
Time in literature
Time > Religious aspects > Christianity
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:This book examines the nature of Augustinian time as the unfathomable yet permanent focus of the present. What are the implications for Augustine's confessional discourse? How to reconcile the brevity of time's focus with eternity's longueur and the rhetoric of digression?
Descripción Física:1 online resource (vi, 420 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 411-418) and index.
ISBN:9789004189379
9004189378
ISSN:0920-8607 ;

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