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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... story more derogatory to the Almighty , more inconsistent with His wisdom , more con- tradictory to His power , than this story is . Since it appears that the apostle Thomas did not believe the resurrection , and , as they say , would ...
... story more derogatory to the Almighty , more inconsistent with His wisdom , more con- tradictory to His power , than this story is . Since it appears that the apostle Thomas did not believe the resurrection , and , as they say , would ...
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... stories like The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg and in many of the essays , as in the instance of Twain's defense of Harriet Shelley , which was published in the writer's lifetime , and " The War Prayer , " which was not . Twain has an ...
... stories like The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg and in many of the essays , as in the instance of Twain's defense of Harriet Shelley , which was published in the writer's lifetime , and " The War Prayer , " which was not . Twain has an ...
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... story of Jonah . A Masque of Mercy is the weaker of the two . In the first place the Book of Jonah is itself far from impressive , and since what most of us remember of the Jonah story is Jonah's being swallowed by a great fish , it is ...
... story of Jonah . A Masque of Mercy is the weaker of the two . In the first place the Book of Jonah is itself far from impressive , and since what most of us remember of the Jonah story is Jonah's being swallowed by a great fish , it is ...
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Tom Paine and Republican Religion | 1 |
Irving Bryant Cooper | 24 |
Transcendentalism and Emerson | 48 |
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