This Place Could Be Beautiful: Marilynne Robinson's Parables of the Mundane |
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| Author:
| Wilhelm, Megan F.
Tampon, Kristin
Bonlinger, Darcy
Chick, Conner
Barrie, Jack
Rivers, James
Jantz, Joshua
Budd, Robert
Martinez, Lauren
Schwartz, Rachel |
| Illustrator:
| Ford, Kaitlyn |
| Cover Design by:
| Ford, Kaitlyn |
| Designed by:
| Ou, Annie |
| Editor:
| Spencer, Caleb D. |
| Foreword by:
| Spencer, Caleb D. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-955526-15-9 |
| Publication Date: | May 2023 |
| Publisher: | Azusa Pacific Honors College
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $10.00 |
Book Description:
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This Place Could Be Beautiful: Marilynne Robinson's Parables of the Mundaneexplores Marilynne Robinson's Gilead, with a specific interest in Robinson's invitation to her readers to a reframing of perspective-a perspective that recognizes the divinely-ordained beauty present in all the places, persons, and things one might not normally consider beautiful. Suffering, death, monotony, existential crisis-beauty is discoverable amidst all varieties of experience, if only one develops the...
More DescriptionThis Place Could Be Beautiful: Marilynne Robinson's Parables of the Mundaneexplores Marilynne Robinson's Gilead, with a specific interest in Robinson's invitation to her readers to a reframing of perspective-a perspective that recognizes the divinely-ordained beauty present in all the places, persons, and things one might not normally consider beautiful. Suffering, death, monotony, existential crisis-beauty is discoverable amidst all varieties of experience, if only one develops the understanding of beauty Robinson proposes. Our work demonstrates that Robinson's Gilead aims to change both how her readers perceive the world around them and how they engage with it.