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- Title
Names in Marilynne Robinson's "Gilead" and "Home."
- Authors
Petit, Susan
- Abstract
The titles of Marilynne Robinson's complementary novels "Gilead" (2004) and "Home" (2008) and the names of their characters are rich in allusions, many of them to the Bible and American history, making this tale of two Iowa families in 1956 into an exploration of American religion with particular reference to Christianity and civil rights. The books' titles suggest healing and comfort but also loss and defeat. Who does the naming, what the name is, and how the person who is named accepts or rejects the name reveal the sometimes difficult relationships among these characters. The names also reinforce the books' endorsement of a humanistic Christianity and a recommitment to racial equality.
- Subjects
GILEAD (Book); HOME (Book : Robinson); ROBINSON, Marilynne, 1943-; PERSONAL names in literature; NAMES in the Bible; CIVIL rights in literature; CHRISTIANITY in literature; 21ST century American fiction
- Publication
Names: A Journal of Onomastics, 2010, Vol 58, Issue 3, p139
- ISSN
0027-7738
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1179/002777310X12759861710466