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The Death of Adam : Essys on Modern Thought (SIGNED)
de Robinson, Marilynne
- Usado
- Tapa dura
- Firmado
- First
- Estado
- Very Good+/Very Good+
- ISBN 10
- 0395926920
- ISBN 13
- 9780395926925
- Librería
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Prescott, Arizona, United States
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Sobre este artículo
Houghton Mifflin Comapny, 1998. Book. Very Good+. Hard Cover with Dustjacket. Signed by Author(s). First Edition First Printing. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Hardcover with dustjacket : very good plus / very good plus. Book: spine slightly cocked and slightly worn at tail. Jacket in new mylar protector; light wrinkling, mostly tail of spine. Full number line. Inscribed and signed by author on title page..
Sinopsis
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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Detalles
- Librería
- The Old Sage Bookshop
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- Inventario del vendedor #
- 117519
- Título
- The Death of Adam : Essys on Modern Thought (SIGNED)
- Autor
- Robinson, Marilynne
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Very Good+
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- Very Good+
- Edición
- First Edition First Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0395926920
- ISBN 13
- 9780395926925
- Editorial
- Houghton Mifflin Comapny
- Lugar de publicación
- Boston
- Fecha de publicación
- 1998
- Tamaño
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Catálogos del vendedor
- Signed Books;
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Prescott, Arizona
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- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Inscribed
- When a book is described as being inscribed, it indicates that a short note written by the author or a previous owner has been...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Cocked
- Refers to a state where the spine of a book is lightly "twisted" in such a way that the front and rear boards of a book do not...
- Number Line
- A series of numbers appearing on the copyright page of a book, where the lowest number generally indicates the printing of that...
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
