o'donnell (classics, Georgetown U.) Adds To Existing Scholarship On Augustine By Focusing On His Life In Hippo, Where Augustine Spent 40 Years As A Priest And Bishop. O'donnell Reviews The Confessions From The Vantage Point Of These Years And Scrutinizes Augustine's Sermons And Letters From That Period To Develop Portraits Of His Colleagues And Contemporaries. To Encourage Additional Scholarship, O'donnell Includes A Final Chapter With Advice For Further Study. Annotation ©2004 Book News,...

Considers the future of the printed word given the growth of electronic communication as a modern medium for information and culture. In investigating past cultural transitions, such as from the spoken to the written word, or from manuscript to the printing press, O'Donnell (classical studies, U. of Pennsylvania) reveals the contemporary crossroads between media as contiguous with the history of communication. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR Ralph Hollenbeck - The Citizen...