Belief and Disbelief in American LiteratureTom Paine and republican religion -- Landscape as religion: Irving, Bryant, Cooper -- Transcendentalism and Emerson -- The cosmic optimism of Walt Whitman -- The pessimism of Mark Twain -- The cosmic loneliness of Robert Frost. |
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... fields , " " singing of birds , " " crystal rivers , ” " murmuring springs " -these are trite , and may be applied to any and all spring or summer landscapes . What saves the paragraph is of course Edwards ' passionate sincerity . His ...
... fields , " " singing of birds , " " crystal rivers , ” " murmuring springs " -these are trite , and may be applied to any and all spring or summer landscapes . What saves the paragraph is of course Edwards ' passionate sincerity . His ...
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... fields . Natur ' then lay in its glory along the whole coast , giving a narrow strip , between the woods and the ocean , to the greediness of the settlers . And where am I now ? Had I the wings of an eagle , they would tire be- fore a ...
... fields . Natur ' then lay in its glory along the whole coast , giving a narrow strip , between the woods and the ocean , to the greediness of the settlers . And where am I now ? Had I the wings of an eagle , they would tire be- fore a ...
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... fields , And brown ants in the little wells beneath them , And messy scabs of the worm fence , heap'd stones , elder , mullein and poke - weed . If one asks why a passage that begins with a line about divine peace and knowledge ends ...
... fields , And brown ants in the little wells beneath them , And messy scabs of the worm fence , heap'd stones , elder , mullein and poke - weed . If one asks why a passage that begins with a line about divine peace and knowledge ends ...
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Tom Paine and Republican Religion | 1 |
Irving Bryant Cooper | 24 |
Transcendentalism and Emerson | 48 |
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