Author Adrianna Smith

Adrianna Smith

Adrianna Smith is an independent scholar and works at her alma mater, Georgetown University, in the Office of the Provost. She completed her MLitt at the University of St. Andrews in Modern and Contemporary Literature and Culture.

The Nature of the Horizon: Genealogy in Marilynne Robinson’s Gilead

Adrianna Smith

Articles, Issue 6 2017

The structural and literary symbolism of the horizon/horizontality is one of the most powerful and versatile devices in Marilynne Robinson’s novel Gilead (2004). From an organizational perspective, Robinson car... Read More...

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The Nature of the Horizon: Genealogy in Marilynne Robinson’s Gilead