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Let in the Light - Learning to Read St. Augustine's Confessions (Hardcover)
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Let in the Light - Learning to Read St. Augustine's Confessions (Hardcover)
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St. Augustine's Confessions is heralded as a classic of Western
culture. Yet when James Boyd White first tried to read it in
translation, it seemed utterly dull. Its ideas struck him as
platitudinous and its prose felt drab. It was only when he started
to read the text in Latin that he began to see the originality and
depth of Augustine's work. In Let in the Light, White invites
readers to join him in a close and engaged encounter with the
Confessions in which they will come to share his experience of the
book's power and profundity by reading at least some of it in
Augustine's own language. He offers an accessible guide to reading
the text in Latin, line by line-even for those who have never
studied the language. Equally attuned to the resonances of
individual words and the deeper currents of Augustine's culture,
Let in the Light considers how the form and nuances of the Latin
text allow greater insight into the work and its author. White
shows how to read Augustine's prose with care and imagination,
rewarding sustained attention and broader reflection. Let in the
Light brings new life to a classic work, guiding readers to
experience the immediacy, urgency, and vitality of Augustine's
Confessions.
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