Housekeeping (by Marilynne Robinson)
About This Book
Main Body In the first selection, entitled “Border Crossings in Marilynne Robinson’s Housekeeping,” William M. Burke describes the novel as “an unconventional primer on the mystical life, in which the basic accomplishment for both the protagonist, Ruth, and the reader is the expansion of consciousness through a series of border crossings –social, geographic, and perceptual.” Burke examines two competing impulses in the Foster family, as portrayed in Ruth’s narrative, one towards rootedness and d
| Category | humanities |
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| Subject | Biography, Literature and Literary studies |
| Year | 2023 |
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| Chapters | 5 |
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| License | Creative Commons - Attribution - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ |