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"[A] thought-provoking and ambitious set of readings that, among other things, flies in the face of currently fashionable notions of the essay as a genre of modest, quirky autobiographical banter. It demonstrates, against contemporary trends, that the essay can have breadth, vision and polemical purpose--that it is not only a hide-out for miniaturists, but a testing ground for explosive ideas with general implications.Robinson, Marilynne is the author of 'Death of Adam Essays on Modern Thought' with ISBN 9780618002061 and ISBN 0618002065.
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