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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... literature . " I am not going to define literature , contenting myself with selecting from the canon of American literary classics six or eight representa- tive writers whose work was done between 1775 and the present decade . I shall ...
... literature . " I am not going to define literature , contenting myself with selecting from the canon of American literary classics six or eight representa- tive writers whose work was done between 1775 and the present decade . I shall ...
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... literature , religion as a theme in poetry , the religious novel in the United States , and so on , and these are often valuable . But we must distinguish between information about religion , and genuine religious belief , just as we ...
... literature , religion as a theme in poetry , the religious novel in the United States , and so on , and these are often valuable . But we must distinguish between information about religion , and genuine religious belief , just as we ...
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... literature . But though colonies like Pennsylvania and Georgia were later founded from the best of religious motives , neither life nor literature could be maintained at the high pitch of the early dec- ades in New England . The second ...
... literature . But though colonies like Pennsylvania and Georgia were later founded from the best of religious motives , neither life nor literature could be maintained at the high pitch of the early dec- ades in New England . The second ...
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Tom Paine and Republican Religion | 1 |
Irving Bryant Cooper | 24 |
Transcendentalism and Emerson | 48 |
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