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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... novel in the United States , and so on , and these are often valuable . But we must distinguish between information ... novels on religious themes have been best - sellers , but most of them are negligible as literature . Most religious ...
... novel in the United States , and so on , and these are often valuable . But we must distinguish between information ... novels on religious themes have been best - sellers , but most of them are negligible as literature . Most religious ...
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... novel is in part a satire on communal enterprises of the Fourier or Brook Farm variety , in part a satire on ... novels , Satans- toe , The Chainbearer , and The Redskins , makes Jason New- come , a New Englander transplanted to New York ...
... novel is in part a satire on communal enterprises of the Fourier or Brook Farm variety , in part a satire on ... novels , Satans- toe , The Chainbearer , and The Redskins , makes Jason New- come , a New Englander transplanted to New York ...
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... novels I have looked into make their subject the education by life of a minister or a parti- san of some form of ... novel of mysticism . And a book like The Octopus of Frank Norris includes as a major component of the tale the 71 ...
... novels I have looked into make their subject the education by life of a minister or a parti- san of some form of ... novel of mysticism . And a book like The Octopus of Frank Norris includes as a major component of the tale the 71 ...
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Tom Paine and Republican Religion | 1 |
Irving Bryant Cooper | 24 |
Transcendentalism and Emerson | 48 |
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