The Death of Adam: Essays on Modern Thought
de ROBINSON, Marilynne
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In the tradition of nineteenth-century novelists who turned to the essay, Marilynne Robinson offers a beautiful and authoritative approach to refining the ideas our culture has handed down to us. Whether considering how the McGuffey readers were inspired by midwestern abolitionists; how creationism, "long owned by the Religious Right," has spurred on contemporary Darwinism; or how John Calvin, who was a Frenchman in Geneva, points to America's continental origins, Robinson writes with great conviction. Her essays are filled with the excitement of discovery. "Who can imagine how the things we call ideas live in the world," she writes, "or how they change, or how they perish, or how they can be renewed." In these ten essays, Marilynne Robinson brilliantly addresses subjects that have become the territory of specialists - religion, history, the state of society. The writing is "contrarian in method and spirit," as she states in her introduction, but "Who can imagine how the things we call ideas live in the world, or how they change, or how they perish, or how they can be renewed?" In the tradition of nineteenth-century novelists who turned to the essay, Marilynne Robinson offers a beautiful and authoritative approach to refining the ideas our culture has handed down to us. Whether considering how the McGuffey readers were inspired by Midwestern abolitionists; how Creationism, "long owned by the Religious Right," has spurred on contemporary Darwinism; or how John Calvin, who was a Frenchman in Geneva, points to America's continental origins, Robinson writes meticulously and with great conviction. Her essays are filled with the excitement of discovery.
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- Inventario del vendedor #
- 278487
- Título
- The Death of Adam: Essays on Modern Thought
- Autor
- ROBINSON, Marilynne
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Softcover
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Aceptable
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- 1
- Encuadernación
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- ISBN 10
- 0618002065
- ISBN 13
- 9780618002061
- Editorial
- Houghton Mifflin Company / Mariner Books
- Lugar de publicación
- Boston and New York
- Fecha de publicación
- 2004
- Palabras clave
- PulitzerFiction, AssociationCopy
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