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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... directed , though the director is only sparse- ly a Christian God . In many important pieces by Bryant the poem goes no farther than stating or implying that the universe means largely and means well . Christianity becomes more often a ...
... directed , though the director is only sparse- ly a Christian God . In many important pieces by Bryant the poem goes no farther than stating or implying that the universe means largely and means well . Christianity becomes more often a ...
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... directed to be a Unitarian or a Calvinist or an Episcopalian . " What , then , were you directed to be ? Not a hot - gospeller , preaching the fear of hell in picturesque but illiterate language ; not an emotional exhorter like Lorenzo ...
... directed to be a Unitarian or a Calvinist or an Episcopalian . " What , then , were you directed to be ? Not a hot - gospeller , preaching the fear of hell in picturesque but illiterate language ; not an emotional exhorter like Lorenzo ...
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... directed , and commanded , says Twain , by external influences only . He cannot think an original thought nor perform a uniquely self- willed action . Behind the elaborate façade of religious and ethical systems there is , says Twain ...
... directed , and commanded , says Twain , by external influences only . He cannot think an original thought nor perform a uniquely self- willed action . Behind the elaborate façade of religious and ethical systems there is , says Twain ...
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Tom Paine and Republican Religion | 1 |
Irving Bryant Cooper | 24 |
Transcendentalism and Emerson | 48 |
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