Character and Conversion in Autobiography
Augustine, Montaigne, Descartes, Rousseau, and Sartre
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Word Count
56,000 words, Guess
Page Count
224 pages
Physical Format
Hardcover
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL9902004M
- ISBN-139780813922928
- ISBN-100813922925
- OCLC Control Number54843981
- OCLC Control Numbercharacterconvers0000rile
and 2 more
- Library of Congress Control Number2004006329
- Goodreads964301
Classifications
- LCCB104.R55 2004
Description
"Beginning with Augustine's Confessions as the canonical model of religious conversion, the author investigates the changing forms of conversion in selected works by Montaigne and Descartes, culminating in reformulations by Rousseau and Sartre. Moving from a purely religious rebirth to works grounded in a personal philosophy or aesthetic vocation, the autobiographies considered in this book stand as episodes in a genealogy of conversion."--BOOK JACKET.
First Sentence
The history of autobiography, from its origins to contemporary times, bears witness to the abiding influence of the structure and the rhetoric of conversion.
Excerpt
The history of autobiography, from its origins to contemporary times, bears witness to the abiding influence of the structure and the rhetoric of conversion.
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