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Part III - Reception and Reading Strategies

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 February 2020

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The Cambridge Companion to Augustine's 'Confessions' , pp. 243 - 334
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Conybeare, C. The Routledge Guidebook to Augustine’s Confessions. London: Routledge, 2016.Google Scholar
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  • Reception and Reading Strategies
  • Edited by Tarmo Toom, Georgetown University, Washington DC
  • Book: The Cambridge Companion to Augustine's 'Confessions'
  • Online publication: 22 February 2020
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  • Edited by Tarmo Toom, Georgetown University, Washington DC
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  • Edited by Tarmo Toom, Georgetown University, Washington DC
  • Book: The Cambridge Companion to Augustine's 'Confessions'
  • Online publication: 22 February 2020
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108672405.018
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