Document Type
Book
Publication Date
2003
Abstract
“Marilynne Robinson has written a first novel that one reads as slowly as poetry—and for the same reason: The language is so precise, so distilled, so beautiful that one doesn’t want to miss any pleasure it might yield up to patience” (Schreiber 14). Many other reviewers, critics, and general readers agree with reviewer Le Anne Schreiber that Robinson’s novel is beautifully written. And since Housekeeping’s virtual poetry echoes the beauty of the language found in works of nineteenth-century American writers such as Herman Melville and Emily Dickinson, it comes as no surprise that Robinson’s favorite authors are the American Romantics.
Recommended Citation
Maguire, James H. Reading Marilynne Robinson's 'Housekeeping'. Boise, ID: Boise State University, 2003. Digital. Western Writers Series, 156.