Conversion and Text: the Cases of Hippo, Herman-Judah and Constantine Tsatsos: The Cases of Augustine of Hippo, Herman-Judah, and Constantithe Cases of Augustine of Hippo, Herman-Judah, and Constan

Karl F. Morrison

ISBN 10: 0813913934 / ISBN 13: 9780813913933

Published by University of Virginia Press 1992-12-31, 1992

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Conversion and Text: the Cases of Hippo, Herman-Judah and Constantine Tsatsos: The Cases of Augustine of Hippo, Herman-Judah, and Constantithe Cases of Augustine of Hippo, Herman-Judah, and Constan
• Publisher: University of Virginia Press 1992-12-31
• Publication Date: 1992
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0813913934
• ISBN 13: 9780813913933
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

Interpreting three conversion accounts, Morrison accents the categorical difference between the experience of conversion and written narratives about it. He explains why experience and text can only be related to each other in fictive ways.

About the Author

Karl F. Morrison is Lessing Professor of History and Poetics at Rutgers University. He is the author of several books, including History as a Visual Art in the Twelfth-Century Renaissance and "I Am You": The Hermeneutics of Empathy in Western Literature, Theology, and Art.