{"product_id":"augustines-soliloquies-in-old-english-leslie-lockett-9780674278417","title":"Augustine's Soliloquies in Old English and in Latin","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA new edition featuring Saint Augustine's dialogue on immortality from a tenth-century Latin manuscript, accompanied by an Old English vernacular adaptation translated into modern English for the first time in a hundred years.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAround the turn of the tenth century, an anonymous scholar crafted an Old English version of Saint Augustine of Hippo's \u003ci\u003eSoliloquia\u003c\/i\u003e, a dialogue exploring the nature of truth and the immortality of the soul. The \u003ci\u003eOld English Soliloquies\u003c\/i\u003e 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? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis volume presents the first English translation of the complete \u003ci\u003eOld English Soliloquies\u003c\/i\u003e to appear in more than a century. It is accompanied by a unique edition of Augustine's Latin \u003ci\u003eSoliloquia\u003c\/i\u003e, 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Leslie Lockett\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0674278410\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780674278417\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Harvard University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/27\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 448\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.14lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.10h x 5.20w x 1.10d","brand":"Leslie Lockett","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44075385848063,"sku":"9780674278417","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_31966d78-551b-4891-a234-22e38f7ed52c.jpg?v=1685459109","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/augustines-soliloquies-in-old-english-leslie-lockett-9780674278417","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}