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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... theme in poetry , the religious novel in the United States , and so on , and these are often valuable . But we must ... themes have been best - sellers , but most of them are negligible as literature . Most religious poetry - hymns ...
... theme in poetry , the religious novel in the United States , and so on , and these are often valuable . But we must ... themes have been best - sellers , but most of them are negligible as literature . Most religious poetry - hymns ...
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... theme that stirred Tennyson to In Memoriam and Arnold to Thyrsis , though there are books dedi- cated to friends . Like any other poet he writes love poems , some- times shyly concealing ardor under an intricate image or symbol ...
... theme that stirred Tennyson to In Memoriam and Arnold to Thyrsis , though there are books dedi- cated to friends . Like any other poet he writes love poems , some- times shyly concealing ardor under an intricate image or symbol ...
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... themes of literature are in a sense the great themes of religion . The existence and nature of God , His interest in man and the universe if He has any , the riddle of the purpose and rationale of the universe , and the grave question ...
... themes of literature are in a sense the great themes of religion . The existence and nature of God , His interest in man and the universe if He has any , the riddle of the purpose and rationale of the universe , and the grave question ...
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Tom Paine and Republican Religion | 1 |
Irving Bryant Cooper | 24 |
Transcendentalism and Emerson | 48 |
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