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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... eyes of the Yankee in Emerson , you look through the eyes of the man who served as Carlyle's literary agent , bought real estate in Concord , and gave young Americans a great deal of sound advice on how to get 60 TRANSCENDENTALISM AND ...
... eyes of the Yankee in Emerson , you look through the eyes of the man who served as Carlyle's literary agent , bought real estate in Concord , and gave young Americans a great deal of sound advice on how to get 60 TRANSCENDENTALISM AND ...
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... eyes the notion of the soul as a separate and inde- structible entity created at some indefinite period before the birth of a human being , joined with it at birth , and after the death of the body moving into some timeless state of ...
... eyes the notion of the soul as a separate and inde- structible entity created at some indefinite period before the birth of a human being , joined with it at birth , and after the death of the body moving into some timeless state of ...
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... eyes in the coffin ; ) To her , the ideal woman , practical , spiritual , of all earth , life , love , to me the best , I grave the monumental line before I go , amid these songs , And set a tombstone here . This is scarcely ...
... eyes in the coffin ; ) To her , the ideal woman , practical , spiritual , of all earth , life , love , to me the best , I grave the monumental line before I go , amid these songs , And set a tombstone here . This is scarcely ...
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Tom Paine and Republican Religion | 1 |
Irving Bryant Cooper | 24 |
Transcendentalism and Emerson | 48 |
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