The Art of the Commonplace

Author: Wendell Berry
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
ISBN: 1582431469

The Art of the Commonplace: The Agrarian Essays of Wendell Berry

Collected here for the first time, the essential essays from Wendell Berry's writings on agrarianism, agriculture, and community. Get The Art of the Commonplace literature books for free.
Together these twenty-one essays offer an agrarian alternative to our dominant urban culture. Grouped around five themes--geobiography, an agrarian critique of culture, agrarian fundamentals, agrarian economics, and agrarian religion--they provide an excellent introduction to the wide range of Wendell Berry's work. They also demonstrate that Berry's writing promotes a clearly defined agrarian vision compelling to those dissatisfied with the stress, anxiety, ill health, and destructiveness of media-driven culture. Readers will find in these essays illuminating discussions on questions such as: Why is agriculture becoming Check The Art of the Commonplace our best literature books for 2013. All books are available in pdf format and downloadable from rapidshare, 4shared, and mediafire.

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