Confessions The Philosophy of Transparency

This book is available as open access through the Bloomsbury Open Access programme and is available on www.bloomsburycollections.com. This book explores what is at stake in our confessional culture. Thomas Docherty examines confessional writings from Augustine to Montaigne and from Sylvia Plath to D...

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Main Author: Docherty, Thomas (auth)
Format: Electronic Book Chapter
Language:English
Published: London Bloomsbury Academic 2012
Series:The WISH List
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