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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... Paine's defense of the French Revolution against Burke's Reflections on the French Revolution , published by Paine in London in two parts in 1791 and 1792 ; and The Age of Reason , first printed in Paris in 1794 . The Age of Reason is ...
... Paine's defense of the French Revolution against Burke's Reflections on the French Revolution , published by Paine in London in two parts in 1791 and 1792 ; and The Age of Reason , first printed in Paris in 1794 . The Age of Reason is ...
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... Paine's sentences twice . But he always has the air of writing in public . Queen Victoria once complained of Gladstone that he addressed her as if she were a public meeting , and Paine shares this characteristic . He addresses the ...
... Paine's sentences twice . But he always has the air of writing in public . Queen Victoria once complained of Gladstone that he addressed her as if she were a public meeting , and Paine shares this characteristic . He addresses the ...
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... Paine's statement is so admirable , one wonders how the black legend about him arose . It is only when we turn to ... Paine says , the government 15 TOM PAINE AND REPUBLICAN RELIGION.
... Paine's statement is so admirable , one wonders how the black legend about him arose . It is only when we turn to ... Paine says , the government 15 TOM PAINE AND REPUBLICAN RELIGION.
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Tom Paine and Republican Religion | 1 |
Irving Bryant Cooper | 24 |
Transcendentalism and Emerson | 48 |
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