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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... soul to man . In Emerson's 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 ...
... soul to man . In Emerson's 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 ...
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... soul and the soul speaking as another “ I ” goes a little beyond the familiar psychological pattern of the persona . Whitman seems to feel that he is one thing and his soul is an- other thing ; and that Walt Whitman , a person in time ...
... soul and the soul speaking as another “ I ” goes a little beyond the familiar psychological pattern of the persona . Whitman seems to feel that he is one thing and his soul is an- other thing ; and that Walt Whitman , a person in time ...
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... soul thou pleasest me , I thee . Ah more than any priest O Soul we too believe in God , But with the mystery of God we dare not dally . And , a little later : Greater than stars or suns , Bounding O Soul thou journeyest forth ; What ...
... soul thou pleasest me , I thee . Ah more than any priest O Soul we too believe in God , But with the mystery of God we dare not dally . And , a little later : Greater than stars or suns , Bounding O Soul thou journeyest forth ; What ...
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Tom Paine and Republican Religion | 1 |
Irving Bryant Cooper | 24 |
Transcendentalism and Emerson | 48 |
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