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 statement is so admirable , one wonders how the black legend about him arose . It is only when we turn to the other half of Paine's creed that we see why he became one of the most controversial figures in our literary history ...
... Paine's statement is so admirable , one wonders how the black legend about him arose . It is only when we turn to the other half of Paine's creed that we see why he became one of the most controversial figures in our literary history ...
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... Paine , in the religious reaction against the French Revolution which swept the country after 1793 , was regarded by pious Americans as himself a devil preaching a devil- ish doctrine . IV What , then , did Paine believe ? Eloquently he ...
... Paine , in the religious reaction against the French Revolution which swept the country after 1793 , was regarded by pious Americans as himself a devil preaching a devil- ish doctrine . IV What , then , did Paine believe ? Eloquently he ...
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Tom Paine and Republican Religion | 1 |
Irving Bryant Cooper | 24 |
Transcendentalism and Emerson | 48 |
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