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The Death of Adam : Essys on Modern Thought (SIGNED)
by Robinson, Marilynne
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- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+/Very Good+
- ISBN 10
- 0395926920
- ISBN 13
- 9780395926925
- Seller
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About This Item
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..
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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- The Old Sage Bookshop
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 117519
- Title
- The Death of Adam : Essys on Modern Thought (SIGNED)
- Author
- Robinson, Marilynne
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good+
- Edition
- First Edition First Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0395926920
- ISBN 13
- 9780395926925
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin Comapny
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1998
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
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- Signed Books;
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