The Death of Adam
Essays on Modern Thought
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Word Count
70,000 words, Guess
Page Count
280 pages
Physical Format
Paperback
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL9830031M
- ISBN-139780312425326
- ISBN-100312425325
- OCLC Control Number62173392
- OCLC Control Numberdeathofadamessay0000robi
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- Goodreads114809
- LibraryThing76483
Classifications
- LCC
- DDC973.92
Description
In the tradition of nineteenth-century novelists who turned to the essay, Marilynne Robinson offers an 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.
First Sentence
AMERICAN CULTURE has entered a period in which atavism looks to us for all the world like progress.
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