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OverviewA rare Latin edition of Saint Augustine's dialogue on immortality, accompanied by an Old English vernacular adaptation translated into modern English for the first time in a hundred years. Around the turn of the tenth century, an anonymous scholar crafted an Old English version of Saint Augustine of Hippo's Soliloquia, a dialogue exploring the nature of truth and the immortality of the soul. The Old English Soliloquies was, perhaps, inspired by King Alfred the Great's mandate to translate important Latin works. It retains Augustine's focus on the soul, but it also explores loyalty-to friends, to one's temporal lord, and to the Lord God-and it presses toward a deeper understanding of the afterlife. Will we endure a state of impersonal and static forgetfulness, or will we retain our memories, our accrued wisdom, and our sense of individuated consciousness? This volume presents the first English translation of the complete Old English Soliloquies to appear in more than a century. It is accompanied by a unique edition of Augustine's Latin Soliloquia, based on a tenth-century English manuscript similar to the one used by the translator, that provides insight into the adaptation process. Both the Latin and Old English texts are newly edited. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Leslie LockettPublisher: Harvard University Press Imprint: Harvard University Press Dimensions: Width: 13.30cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 20.30cm Weight: 0.522kg ISBN: 9780674278417ISBN 10: 0674278410 Pages: 448 Publication Date: 27 December 2022 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In stock We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Language: English Table of ContentsReviews[An] elegant, readable, and accurate translation of the Latin text…This work will prove a boon both to scholars and students of Old English literature. -- Justin Lake * Bryn Mawr Classical Review * Author InformationLeslie Lockett is Associate Professor of English at The Ohio State University. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |