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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... Leatherstocking was brought up by the Moravians and con- stantly laments that he has had to drift away from their peace- ful teaching ; yet he is obviously one of nature's noblemen , de- scribed in The Prairie through the mouth of young ...
... Leatherstocking was brought up by the Moravians and con- stantly laments that he has had to drift away from their peace- ful teaching ; yet he is obviously one of nature's noblemen , de- scribed in The Prairie through the mouth of young ...
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... Leatherstocking prefers the book of nature to any printed word . When in The Last of the Mohicans David Gamut pro ... Leatherstocking tales the hero , though educated in Christianity , sloughs off Christian theology and subsumes the God ...
... Leatherstocking prefers the book of nature to any printed word . When in The Last of the Mohicans David Gamut pro ... Leatherstocking tales the hero , though educated in Christianity , sloughs off Christian theology and subsumes the God ...
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... Leatherstocking's assumption to a similar one by Bryant is clear . And like Bryant , Leatherstocking ( or Cooper for him ) is a believer in process . Contrast these two passages from The Prairie , both put in the mouth of Leatherstocking ...
... Leatherstocking's assumption to a similar one by Bryant is clear . And like Bryant , Leatherstocking ( or Cooper for him ) is a believer in process . Contrast these two passages from The Prairie , both put in the mouth of Leatherstocking ...
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Tom Paine and Republican Religion | 1 |
Irving Bryant Cooper | 24 |
Transcendentalism and Emerson | 48 |
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