Print
Word
PDF|
This section contains 479 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) |
|
At Play in the Fields of the Lord Summary & Study Guide Description
At Play in the Fields of the Lord Summary & Study Guide includes comprehensive information and analysis to help you understand the book. This study guide contains the following sections:
This detailed literature summary also contains Literary Precedents on At Play in the Fields of the Lord by Peter Matthiessen.
Preview of At Play in the Fields of the Lord Summary:
At Play in the Fields of the Lord combines several ideas Matthiessen had explored in his earlier novels — the ambiguous nature of political commitment in Partisans (1955), for example, and the quest for human recognition and belonging in Raditzer (1961) — reworked into a complex and intriguing totality. The novel tells the story of the Martin Quarrier family's abortive missionary expedition to the Niaruna Indians in the Peruvian wilderness.
Through...
|
This section contains 479 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) |
|
