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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... Boston at the end of the eighteenth century Bishop Cheverus received an annuity from the Great and General Court for his work as a Catholic mission- ary among the Indians , President John Adams headed a list of subscribers to build the ...
... Boston at the end of the eighteenth century Bishop Cheverus received an annuity from the Great and General Court for his work as a Catholic mission- ary among the Indians , President John Adams headed a list of subscribers to build the ...
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... Boston Unitarianism found itself in a difficult position . It abhorred Jacobinism and voted the Federalist ticket . But how could it avoid being tarred with the pitch of infidelity ? If it went back to trinitarian doctrine , it would ...
... Boston Unitarianism found itself in a difficult position . It abhorred Jacobinism and voted the Federalist ticket . But how could it avoid being tarred with the pitch of infidelity ? If it went back to trinitarian doctrine , it would ...
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... Boston . This dissatisfaction increased until , as all the world knows , he re- signed his pastorate in 1832 over this very issue . The death of his first wife , his own illness , various disasters in his family , his trip to Europe in ...
... Boston . This dissatisfaction increased until , as all the world knows , he re- signed his pastorate in 1832 over this very issue . The death of his first wife , his own illness , various disasters in his family , his trip to Europe in ...
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Tom Paine and Republican Religion | 1 |
Irving Bryant Cooper | 24 |
Transcendentalism and Emerson | 48 |
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