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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... Longfellow ; and Robert Frost was fond of reciting the perfect little medieval mystery play to be found in Longfellow's The Golden Legend and teasing his friends to identify it . It must also be remembered that this son of New England ...
... Longfellow ; and Robert Frost was fond of reciting the perfect little medieval mystery play to be found in Longfellow's The Golden Legend and teasing his friends to identify it . It must also be remembered that this son of New England ...
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... Longfellow . The sympathy for humanity lambent in Longfellow's pages reflects an earlier fire kindled in Europe - the religion of humanity , the belief in Man with a capital M. In 1830 the age of reaction seemed to have ended ; it was ...
... Longfellow . The sympathy for humanity lambent in Longfellow's pages reflects an earlier fire kindled in Europe - the religion of humanity , the belief in Man with a capital M. In 1830 the age of reaction seemed to have ended ; it was ...
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... Longfellow , Henry Wadsworth , 2 , 38 , 74-77 , 146 Lowell , James Russell , 50 , 58 , 73 MacFarlane , 100 McLean , Albert , 38-39 100 Hopkins , Samuel , 22 Housman , A. E. , 140 Howells , William Dean , 95 , 96 Hudson River School , 25 ...
... Longfellow , Henry Wadsworth , 2 , 38 , 74-77 , 146 Lowell , James Russell , 50 , 58 , 73 MacFarlane , 100 McLean , Albert , 38-39 100 Hopkins , Samuel , 22 Housman , A. E. , 140 Howells , William Dean , 95 , 96 Hudson River School , 25 ...
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Tom Paine and Republican Religion | 1 |
Irving Bryant Cooper | 24 |
Transcendentalism and Emerson | 48 |
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