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Eternity's Ennui: Temporality, Perseverance and Voice in Augustine and Western Literature (Brill's Studies in Intellectual History)

M.B. Pranger

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Description:Augustine articulates temporality as focus rather than duration. It encompasses the shift from the future through the present to the past. Yet this a-causal, free-floating concept of time has never been applied to the shape of Augustine s own narrative in the "Confessions," or to that other vintage Augustinian problem: predestination. This book examines Augustinian temporality by experimentally projecting it onto modern(ist) authors (Kleist, Henry James, Kafka, Beckett) who are less dependent on sequential narrative and more concerned with the fragility and sustainability of voice in time. Processed through this mill of unfamiliar readings, the poignant problem of Augustinian time is how focus can account for digression. How can one deal with an unfathomably brief notion of time while eternity s longueur hovers over it?We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Eternity's Ennui: Temporality, Perseverance and Voice in Augustine and Western Literature (Brill's Studies in Intellectual History). To get started finding Eternity's Ennui: Temporality, Perseverance and Voice in Augustine and Western Literature (Brill's Studies in Intellectual History), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: Augustine articulates temporality as focus rather than duration. It encompasses the shift from the future through the present to the past. Yet this a-causal, free-floating concept of time has never been applied to the shape of Augustine s own narrative in the "Confessions," or to that other vintage Augustinian problem: predestination. This book examines Augustinian temporality by experimentally projecting it onto modern(ist) authors (Kleist, Henry James, Kafka, Beckett) who are less dependent on sequential narrative and more concerned with the fragility and sustainability of voice in time. Processed through this mill of unfamiliar readings, the poignant problem of Augustinian time is how focus can account for digression. How can one deal with an unfathomably brief notion of time while eternity s longueur hovers over it?We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Eternity's Ennui: Temporality, Perseverance and Voice in Augustine and Western Literature (Brill's Studies in Intellectual History). To get started finding Eternity's Ennui: Temporality, Perseverance and Voice in Augustine and Western Literature (Brill's Studies in Intellectual History), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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