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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... masques about reason and justice God is neither the stern and majestic Yahve of the Book of Job nor the logician of Voltaire's universe . If God is the Person of Persons of some sys- tems of theology , God in A Masque of Reason appears ...
... masques about reason and justice God is neither the stern and majestic Yahve of the Book of Job nor the logician of Voltaire's universe . If God is the Person of Persons of some sys- tems of theology , God in A Masque of Reason appears ...
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... masques have , I supposed , irritated or puzzled as many readers as they have pleased . A Masque of Reason ( 1943 ) is a commentary on the Book of Job ; A Masque of Mercy ( 1947 ) , a modern extension of the story of Jonah . A Masque of ...
... masques have , I supposed , irritated or puzzled as many readers as they have pleased . A Masque of Reason ( 1943 ) is a commentary on the Book of Job ; A Masque of Mercy ( 1947 ) , a modern extension of the story of Jonah . A Masque of ...
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... Masque of Mercy , 138 ; A Masque of Reason , 137 , 138-39 ; " Misgiving , " 132 ; " The Most of It , " 127 ; Mountain Interval , 128 ; New Hampshire , 131 ; North of Boston , 119 , 120 , 124 , 125 ; " On a Tree Fallen across the Road ...
... Masque of Mercy , 138 ; A Masque of Reason , 137 , 138-39 ; " Misgiving , " 132 ; " The Most of It , " 127 ; Mountain Interval , 128 ; New Hampshire , 131 ; North of Boston , 119 , 120 , 124 , 125 ; " On a Tree Fallen across the Road ...
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Tom Paine and Republican Religion | 1 |
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Transcendentalism and Emerson | 48 |
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