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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... vast for his comprehending except as process , some imperfect glimpse of which he may attain . ) Here , for example , is a poem called " Earth , " published in 1836 when the poet was forty years old : A midnight black with clouds is in ...
... vast for his comprehending except as process , some imperfect glimpse of which he may attain . ) Here , for example , is a poem called " Earth , " published in 1836 when the poet was forty years old : A midnight black with clouds is in ...
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... vast cycle of nature . Here are some typical statements : the cycle of eternal change , Which is the life of Nature , shall restore , With sounds and scents from all thy mighty range , Thee to thy birthplace of the deep once more . The ...
... vast cycle of nature . Here are some typical statements : the cycle of eternal change , Which is the life of Nature , shall restore , With sounds and scents from all thy mighty range , Thee to thy birthplace of the deep once more . The ...
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... Vast ruins , where the mountain's ribs of stone Were hewn into a city ; streets that spread In the dark earth , where never breath has blown Of heaven's sweet air . Like Rilke , Bryant can exclaim : " I praise ! " In " Thanatopsis " the ...
... Vast ruins , where the mountain's ribs of stone Were hewn into a city ; streets that spread In the dark earth , where never breath has blown Of heaven's sweet air . Like Rilke , Bryant can exclaim : " I praise ! " In " Thanatopsis " the ...
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Tom Paine and Republican Religion | 1 |
Irving Bryant Cooper | 24 |
Transcendentalism and Emerson | 48 |
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