Ledger
The many meanings of "economy" are the ground for the mediation and lament of Ledger, Susan Wheeler's fourth book. In its Greek origins, economy referred to the stewardship of a household and, as it developed, the word also came to include aspects of government and of religious faith. Ledger places an individual's crisis of spirituality and personal stewardship, or management of her resources, against a backdrop of a culture that has focused its "economy" on financial gain and has misspent its …
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- Full title :Ledger / Susan Wheeler.
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The many meanings of "economy" are the ground for the mediation and lament of Ledger, Susan Wheeler's fourth book. In its Greek origins, economy referred to the stewardship of a household and, as it developed, the word also came to include aspects of government and of religious faith. Ledger places an individual's crisis of spirituality and personal stewardship, or management of her resources, against a backdrop of a culture that has focused its "economy" on financial gain and has misspent its own tangible and intangible resources.
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- Publication Date:©2005.
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):University of Iowa Press
- Place of Publication:Iowa City
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:©2005.
The Physical Object
- Description:1 online resource (82 pages)
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9781587296017, 1587296012
- oclc:ocn646887671
- LC Classification:PS3573.H43465
- Dewey Decimal:811/.54
Table of Contents
Loss Lieder -- Proper return -- That been to me my lives light and saviour -- Roanoke and Wampumpeag -- The green stamp book -- Carnival -- Doubled indemnity -- Each's cot an altar then -- Short shrift -- Surfeit -- Hand, mouth, market -- Good goods --Charity must abide call for ancient occupation -- Anthem -- Romanticism -- Money and God -- Depleted stocks -- Figures on a Kylix attributed to Douris, Athens, 490-480 B.C. -- Trade -- Barry Lyndon in Spring Lake -- Song of the deserving -- Port in the airport -- Toward autumn -- Overtaxed lament -- The debtor in the convex mirror.
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