{"product_id":"marilynne-robinson-9781526134653","title":"Marilynne Robinson","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBest known for a trilogy of historical novels set in the fictional town of Gilead, Iowa, Marilynne Robinson is a prolific writer, teacher, and public speaker, who has won the Pulitzer Prize and was awarded the National Humanities Medal by Barack Obama. This collection intervenes in Robinson’s growing critical reputation, pointing to new and exciting links between the author, the historical settings of her novels, and the contemporary themes of her fictional, educational, and theoretical work. Introduced by a critical discussion from Professors Bridget Bennett, Sarah Churchwell, and Richard King, \u003ci\u003eMarilynne Robinson \u003c\/i\u003efeatures analysis from a range of international academics, and explores debates in race, gender, environment, critical theory, and more, to suggest new and innovative readings of her work.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction – Rachel Sykes, Jennifer Daly, and Anna Maguire Elliott\u003cbr\u003eRobinson in context: A critical discussion – Sarah Churchwell, Richard H. King, Bridget Bennett\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWriting, form, and style\u003cbr\u003e1          ‘It might be better to burn them’: Archive fever and the Gilead novels of Marilynne Robinson – Daniel King\u003cbr\u003e2          ‘One day she would tell him what she knew’: Disturbance of the epistemological conventions of the marriage plot in \u003ci\u003eLila\u003c\/i\u003e – Maria Elena Carpintero Torres-Quevedo\u003cbr\u003e3          Robinson’s triumphs of style – Jack Baker\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGender and environment\u003cbr\u003e4          The female orphan and an ecofeminist ethic-of-care in Marilynne Robinson’s \u003ci\u003eHousekeeping\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eLila\u003c\/i\u003e – Anna Maguire Elliott\u003cbr\u003e5          Souls all unaccompanied: Enacting feminine alterity in Marilynne Robinson’s \u003ci\u003eHousekeeping\u003c\/i\u003e – Makayla Steiner\u003cbr\u003e6          The domestic geographies of grief: Bereavement, time and home spaces in Marilynne Robinson’s \u003ci\u003eHousekeeping\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eHome\u003c\/i\u003e – Lucy Clarke\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eImagined histories: Race, religion, and rights\u003cbr\u003e7          Domesticating political feeling, affect and memory in Marilynne Robinson’s \u003ci\u003eHome\u003c\/i\u003e – Christopher Lloyd\u003cbr\u003e8          ‘Onward Christian liberals’: Marilynne Robinson’s essays and the crisis of mainline Protestantism – Alexander Engebretson\u003cbr\u003e9          Presence in absence: The spectre of race in \u003ci\u003eGilead\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eHome\u003c\/i\u003e – Emily Hammerton-Barry\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRobinson and her contemporaries\u003cbr\u003e10        ‘Everything can change’: Civil rights, civil war and radical transformation in \u003ci\u003eHome\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eGilead\u003c\/i\u003e – Tessa Roynon\u003cbr\u003e11        ‘A great admirer of American education’: Robinson as professor and defender of ‘America’s best idea’ – Steve Gronert Ellerhoff and Kathryn E. Engebretson\u003cbr\u003e12        Acknowledging a numinous ordinary: Marilynne Robinson and Stanley Cavell – Paul Jenner\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEpilogue – ‘A little different every time’: Accumulation and repetition in \u003ci\u003eJack\u003c\/i\u003e – Rachel Sykes\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Manchester University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51040998097239,"sku":"9781526134653","price":81.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781526134653.jpg?v=1750948542","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/marilynne-robinson-9781526134653","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}