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ISBN
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0143105701
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EAN
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9780143105701
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Manufacturer
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Penguin Books
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Brand
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Penguin Books
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Book Title
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Confessions
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Publisher
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Penguin Publishing Group
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Item Length
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7.7 in
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Publication Year
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2008
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Uk-B Format Paperback
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Language
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English
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0.8 in
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Genre
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Religion, Philosophy, Biography & Autobiography
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Topic
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Christian Theology / General, Religious
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10.6 Oz
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5 in
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Number of Pages
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368 Pages
Confessions (Paperback or Softback)
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Penguin Publishing Group
ISBN-10
0143105701
ISBN-13
9780143105701
eBay Product ID (ePID)
69736087
Product Key Features
Book Title
Confessions
Number of Pages
368 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2008
Topic
Christian Theology / General, Religious
Genre
Religion, Philosophy, Biography & Autobiography
Format
Uk-B Format Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.8 in
Item Weight
10.6 Oz
Item Length
7.7 in
Item Width
5 in
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Trade
Reviews
“[Wills] renders Augustine’s famous and influential text in direct language with all the spirited wordplay and poetic strength intact.” – Los Angeles Times “[Wills’s] translations . . . are meant to bring Augustine straight into our own minds; and they succeed. Well-known passages, over which my eyes have often gazed, spring to life again from Wills’s pages.” -Peter Brown, The New York Review of Books “Augustine flourishes in Wills’s hand.” -James Wood “A masterful synthesis of classical philosophy and scriptural erudition.” – Chicago Tribune, “[Wills] renders Augustine’s famous and influential text in direct language with all the spirited wordplay and poetic strength intact.” -Los Angeles Times “[Wills’s] translations . . . are meant to bring Augustine straight into our own minds; and they succeed. Well-known passages, over which my eyes have often gazed, spring to life again from Wills’s pages.” -Peter Brown, The New York Review of Books “Augustine flourishes in Wills’s hand.” -James Wood “A masterful synthesis of classical philosophy and scriptural erudition.” -Chicago Tribune, [Wills] renders Augustine’s famous and influential text in direct language with all the spirited wordplay and poetic strength intact.” —Los Angeles Times [Wills’s] translations . . . are meant to bring Augustine straight into our own minds; and they succeed. Well-known passages, over which my eyes have often gazed, spring to life again from Wills’s pages.” —Peter Brown, The New York Review of Books Augustine flourishes in Wills’s hand.” —James Wood A masterful synthesis of classical philosophy and scriptural erudition.” —Chicago Tribune
Grade From
Twelfth Grade
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UP
Table Of Content
Introduction: assessing the problem; 1. Bastards and children of the parish; 2. Statistics and the birth of a social problem; 3. Reproducing at the nation’s expense; 4. Illegitimate genes and racial inferiority; 5. The immorality of the white working class; 6. Illegitimate infancy: a deadly risk; 7. Offspring of feeble and neurotic minds; 8. Fatherless societies go primitive; 9. Murphy Brown, feminism and female selfishness; 10. The possibilities of a postmodern illegitimacy.
Synopsis
Garry Wills is an exceptionally gifted translator and one of our best writers on religion today. His bestselling translations of individual chapters of Saint Augustine’s Confessions have received widespread and glowing reviews. Now for the first time, Wills’s translation of the entire work is being published as a Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition. Removed by time and place but not by spiritual relevance, Augustine’s Confessions continues to influence contemporary religion, language, and thought. Reading with fresh, keen eyes, Wills brings his superb gifts of analysis and insight to this ambitious translation of the entire book. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.
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