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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... pessimism fitted well into the rising prosperity of America after the War of 1812. It was also acceptable to many among the elite , particularly in Boston . By the late twenties liberal Unitarianism of the Channing sort was making ...
... pessimism fitted well into the rising prosperity of America after the War of 1812. It was also acceptable to many among the elite , particularly in Boston . By the late twenties liberal Unitarianism of the Channing sort was making ...
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... seemed to him an utter- ly inadequate explanation of the ways of God to man . I believe one can distinguish three shaping elements in these decades . The first is that during these years , ノ 99 THE PESSIMISM OF MARK TWAIN.
... seemed to him an utter- ly inadequate explanation of the ways of God to man . I believe one can distinguish three shaping elements in these decades . The first is that during these years , ノ 99 THE PESSIMISM OF MARK TWAIN.
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... pessimism , Twain did not essentially depart . It begins by stating his belief in the existence of God . It goes on to say that he does not believe God ever sent a message to man by anybody and that He never made himself visible to ...
... pessimism , Twain did not essentially depart . It begins by stating his belief in the existence of God . It goes on to say that he does not believe God ever sent a message to man by anybody and that He never made himself visible to ...
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Tom Paine and Republican Religion | 1 |
Irving Bryant Cooper | 24 |
Transcendentalism and Emerson | 48 |
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