The Confession: The self, laid bare

The confessional tradition — Augustine, Rousseau, and De Quincey — writers who turned the examination of their own souls into art.

In this collection

• De Profundis
• Prufrock and Other Obsevations: The Boston Evening Transcript
• The Hare and the Harrier
• The Terrestrial Paradise
• How Much Happens in a Day
• The Idiot
• The Homeric Hexameter Described and Exemplified
• David Strauss, the Confessor and the Writer
• Friendship
• Credo
• One's Word and Friendship
• Sonnet to Liberty
• The Prince Consort
• Di DI in DI Vo Cangiando Il Viso E 'L Pelo
• The Book of Small
• Happy Thought
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