When I was a child I read books
by
Robinson, Marilynne.
Title
:
When I was a child I read books
Author
:
Robinson, Marilynne.
ISBN
:
9780374298784
Publication Information
:
New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2012.
Physical Description
:
xvi, 206 p. ; 22 cm.
Contents
:
Freedom of thought -- Imagination and community -- Austerity as ideology -- Open thy hand wide : Moses and the origins of American liberalism -- When I was a child -- The fate of ideas : Moses -- Wondrous love -- The human spirit and the good society -- Who was Oberlin? -- Cosmology.
Abstract
:
In this new collection of incisive essays, Robinson returns to the themes which have preoccupied her work: the role of faith in modern life, the inadequacy of fact, the contradictions inherent in human nature.
Subject Term
:
Theology -- United States.
Calvinism -- United States.
Political science -- United States -- Philosophy.
Philosophy, American.
Geographic Term
:
United States -- Civilization -- Philosophy.
Format
:
Book
| Material Type | Shelf Number | Barcode | Library | Status |
|---|
| Book | LIT&LANG LIT 814.54 ROBI | 32530607192067 | Main JCPL | Due 6/14/22 |