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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... faith or lack of faith of those who wrote them . II These preliminary cautions out of the way , I turn briefly to the colonial period . The stretch of time between 1607 , when Jamestown was founded , to 1789 , when the Federal Constitu ...
... faith or lack of faith of those who wrote them . II These preliminary cautions out of the way , I turn briefly to the colonial period . The stretch of time between 1607 , when Jamestown was founded , to 1789 , when the Federal Constitu ...
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... faith . He re- turns , clasps Mary in his arms , and whispers the blessed words that announced his own humble submission to the faith which accepted Christ as the Son of God . The Sea Lions is better than this bald summary , but Cooper ...
... faith . He re- turns , clasps Mary in his arms , and whispers the blessed words that announced his own humble submission to the faith which accepted Christ as the Son of God . The Sea Lions is better than this bald summary , but Cooper ...
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... faith is a most filling vapor . It swirls occluded in us under tight Compression to uplift us out of weight- As in those buoyant bird bones thin as paper , To give them still more buoyancy in flight . Some gas like helium must be innate ...
... faith is a most filling vapor . It swirls occluded in us under tight Compression to uplift us out of weight- As in those buoyant bird bones thin as paper , To give them still more buoyancy in flight . Some gas like helium must be innate ...
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Tom Paine and Republican Religion | 1 |
Irving Bryant Cooper | 24 |
Transcendentalism and Emerson | 48 |
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