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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... cultural influence and none between the size of their membership and their intellectual importance . It is also true that in this century Catholics and Jews are increasingly influential in shaping American culture . But though I think ...
... cultural influence and none between the size of their membership and their intellectual importance . It is also true that in this century Catholics and Jews are increasingly influential in shaping American culture . But though I think ...
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... culture is evidence that mankind is now on the downward slope . " How much , " he exclaims , has the beauty of the wilderness been deformed in two short lives ! My own eyes were first opened on the shores of the Eastern sea , and well ...
... culture is evidence that mankind is now on the downward slope . " How much , " he exclaims , has the beauty of the wilderness been deformed in two short lives ! My own eyes were first opened on the shores of the Eastern sea , and well ...
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... Culture , 113 Evil , problem of , 62-63 , 87-88 , 106– 7 Faulkner , William , 144 , 147 Ferguson , De Lancey , 96 Finney , Charles Grandison , 54 Franklin , Benjamin , 4 , 10 , 11 , 112 Frederic , Harold , 71 Free Religious Association ...
... Culture , 113 Evil , problem of , 62-63 , 87-88 , 106– 7 Faulkner , William , 144 , 147 Ferguson , De Lancey , 96 Finney , Charles Grandison , 54 Franklin , Benjamin , 4 , 10 , 11 , 112 Frederic , Harold , 71 Free Religious Association ...
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Tom Paine and Republican Religion | 1 |
Irving Bryant Cooper | 24 |
Transcendentalism and Emerson | 48 |
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