The Death of Adam - Essays on Modern Thought (Paperback)

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.

General

Imprint:	Picador USA
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	February 2007
First published:	November 2005
Authors:	Marilynne Robinson
Dimensions:	209 x 138 x 18mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	262
ISBN-13:	978-0-312-42532-6
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > American history > General Books > History > American history > General
LSN:	0-312-42532-5
Barcode:	9780312425326

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