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THE DEATH OF ADAM: Essays on Modern Thought.
by Robinson, Marilynne
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very near fine in a like dustjacket./like
- ISBN 10
- 0395926920
- ISBN 13
- 9780395926925
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New York & Boston:: Houghton Mifflin,, 1998.. Hardcover first edition -. Very near fine in a like dustjacket.. First printing. The author's third book, a collection of ten essays, which address such subjects as religion, history, the state of society - among the ideas she considers are "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 [which is how 17th century theologist Jean Cauvin is known to us], who was a Frenchman in Geneva, points to America's continental origins" Winner of the PEN/Spielvogel Award for the Art of the Essay. 254 pp.
Synopsis
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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- Title
- THE DEATH OF ADAM: Essays on Modern Thought.
- Author
- Robinson, Marilynne
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover first edition -
- Book Condition
- Used - Very near fine in a like dustjacket.
- Jacket Condition
- like
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0395926920
- ISBN 13
- 9780395926925
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin,
- Place of Publication
- New York & Boston:
- Date Published
- 1998.
- Keywords
- PEN/Spielvogel Award , darwinism, jean cauvin, mcguffey readers,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Essays;
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