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The Death of Adam: Essays on Modern Thought

by Marilynne Robinson

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In this award-winning collection, the bestselling author of Gilead offers us other ways of thinking about history, religion, and society. Whether rescuing "Calvinism" and its creator Jean Cauvin from the repressive "puritan" stereotype, or considering how the McGuffey readers were inspired by Midwestern abolitionists, or the divide between the Bible and Darwinism, Marilynne Robinson repeatedly sends her reader back to the primary texts that are central to the development of American culture but little read or acknowledged today.

A passionate and provocative celebration of ideas, the old arts of civilization, and life's mystery, The Death of Adam is, in the words of Robert D. Richardson, Jr., "a grand, sweeping, blazing, brilliant, life-changing book."

Review:

"The author of the widely read novel, Housekeeping, has gathered a number of dove-tailing essays on what she calls 'modern thought.' Hers is a fierce, biting polemic against some of the principal figures of such thought, especially Nietzsche and Freud, whose influences have been especially harmful, she believes, to our civilization. She is deeply troubled by the fact that a shallow nostalgia has replaced history. For Ms. Robinson 'civilization is the ecology being lost.' Her view is grim, but justifiably so, and her lucid, forceful position must be seriously considered." Reviewed by Lou Tanner, Virginia Quarterly Review (Copyright 2006 Virginia Quarterly Review)

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In this award-winning collection, the bestselling author of Gilead offers us other ways of thinking about history, religion, and society. Whether rescuing Calvinism and its creator Jean Cauvin from the repressive puritan stereotype, or considering how the McGuffey readers were inspired by Midwestern abolitionists, or the divide between the Bible and Darwinism, Marilynne Robinson repeatedly sends her reader back to the primary texts that are central to the development of American culture but little read or acknowledged today.

A passionate and provocative celebration of ideas, the old arts of civilization, and life's mystery, The Death of Adam is, in the words of Robert D. Richardson, Jr., a grand, sweeping, blazing, brilliant, life-changing book.

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In these ten essays, 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," according to the author.
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About the Author

Marilynne Robinson is the author of the modern classic Housekeeping--winner of the PEN/Hemingway Award--and two books of nonfiction, Mother Country (FSG, 1989) and The Death of Adam. She teaches at the University of Iowa Writers' Workshop.
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Table of Contents

Introduction Dawinism Facing Reality Family Dietrich Bonhoeffer McGuffey and the Abolitionists Puritans and Prigs Margueritte de Navarre Psalm Eight Wilderness

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Product Details

ISBN:
9780312425326
Subtitle:
Essays on Modern Thought
Author:
Robinson, Marilynne
Publisher:
Picador USA
Subject:
Philosophy
Subject:
Essays
Subject:
History
Subject:
United States - 20th Century
Subject:
United States Civilization.
Subject:
United States Civilization 1945-
Copyright:
2005
Publication Date:
November 2005
Binding:
Paperback
Language:
English
Pages:
263
Dimensions:
8.10x5.90x.71 in. .54 lbs.
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