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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... belief and litera- ture in the United States find two lions waiting at the gate : the meaning of " belief ” and the meaning of " literature . " I am not going to define literature , contenting myself with selecting from the canon of ...
... belief and litera- ture in the United States find two lions waiting at the gate : the meaning of " belief ” and the meaning of " literature . " I am not going to define literature , contenting myself with selecting from the canon of ...
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... belief , just as we must distinguish between moral intention and artistic success . Many novels on religious themes have been best - sellers , but most of them are negligible as literature . Most religious poetry - hymns , religious ...
... belief , just as we must distinguish between moral intention and artistic success . Many novels on religious themes have been best - sellers , but most of them are negligible as literature . Most religious poetry - hymns , religious ...
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... belief that I have to mine . But it is necessary to the happiness of man that he be men- tally faithful to himself . Infidelity does not consist in believing , or in disbelieving ; it consists in professing to believe what he does not ...
... belief that I have to mine . But it is necessary to the happiness of man that he be men- tally faithful to himself . Infidelity does not consist in believing , or in disbelieving ; it consists in professing to believe what he does not ...
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Tom Paine and Republican Religion | 1 |
Irving Bryant Cooper | 24 |
Transcendentalism and Emerson | 48 |
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