desire_and_delight-a_new_reading_of_augustines_confessions

by margaret-r-miles

Used book in good condition, due to its age it could contain normal signs of use

Genres: Theology

Hardcover

First published September 25, 1992

Reviews

[Charlie · Rating 5 out of 5]

Few authors are able to speak about a classic in such a way that the reader feels like he is not being lectured, but rather reading alongside. The fruit of years of thinking and an intense bout of re-reading, Desire and Delight is both an interpretation of Augustine's Confessions and a lesson in how to read. Her theme is Augustine's search for true pleasure as related in Confessions, a text of pleasure. Her oscillation between "obedient" and "disobedient" reading, the latter including a gendered reading, allows her to treat Augustine both sympathetically and critically, his text as both timeless and timely.

In my opinion, this is simply the best short book on Confessions one can read. It was a pleasure.