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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... Emer- son , the only differentiation between the book Nature of 1836 , and his later affirmations being the trying out of new ways by which to relate man's finite experience to this splendid , infinite central power . The original motto ...
... Emer- son , the only differentiation between the book Nature of 1836 , and his later affirmations being the trying out of new ways by which to relate man's finite experience to this splendid , infinite central power . The original motto ...
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... Emer- son's attribution of spirit to the individual is , however , not quite identical with the theological attribution of a soul to man . In Emerson's eyes the notion of the soul as a separate and inde- structible entity created at ...
... Emer- son's attribution of spirit to the individual is , however , not quite identical with the theological attribution of a soul to man . In Emerson's eyes the notion of the soul as a separate and inde- structible entity created at ...
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... , in fact , in one celebrated passage , repudiated consistency as a hobgoblin to little minds . I do not wish to derogate from Emer- son's greatness . It is probable that no greater number 68 TRANSCENDENTALISM AND EMERSON.
... , in fact , in one celebrated passage , repudiated consistency as a hobgoblin to little minds . I do not wish to derogate from Emer- son's greatness . It is probable that no greater number 68 TRANSCENDENTALISM AND EMERSON.
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Tom Paine and Republican Religion | 1 |
Irving Bryant Cooper | 24 |
Transcendentalism and Emerson | 48 |
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