The examination of some texts (by Augustine and Possidius), as well as the prologue of the Retractationes, convinces us that this work is entirely consistent with the author’s sensibility as a thinker and writer, and is not only an interesting aid to truly understand the inspiration and destination of the previous works. In fact, we find here the adoption of a certain lexicon, of some expressions and images that Augustine uses in very significant contexts of other works, in particular the Confessions, and, also for this reason, Augustine’s writing reveals itself to be a powerful means of communication directed to a qualified audience and not only – or not simply – the expression of one’s own feelings.
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Titolo del capitolo
Esperienza di sé e scrittura: le Retractationes di Agostino
Autori
Fabio Gasti
Lingua
Italian
DOI
10.36253/979-12-215-0676-1.08
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Anno di pubblicazione
2025
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© 2025 Author(s)
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Titolo del libro
In aula ingenti memoriae meae. Forme di autobiografia nella letteratura tardolatina
Sottotitolo del libro
Atti dell’International Workshop - Siena, 13 e 14 giugno 2024
Curatori
Filomena Giannotti, Daniele Di Rienzo
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Numero di pagine
240
Anno di pubblicazione
2025
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© 2025 Author(s)
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Editore
Firenze University Press, USiena Press
DOI
10.36253/979-12-215-0676-1
ISBN Print
979-12-215-0675-4
eISBN (pdf)
979-12-215-0676-1
eISBN (epub)
979-12-215-0677-8
Collana
Studi di Antichistica