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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... became a theocratic state , a common- wealth in which the civil government looked for advice and direction to the clergy . Titles of books like the Wonder - Work- ing Providence of Sions Savior in New England , An Essay for the ...
... became a theocratic state , a common- wealth in which the civil government looked for advice and direction to the clergy . Titles of books like the Wonder - Work- ing Providence of Sions Savior in New England , An Essay for the ...
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... became a Harvard professor ; Jones Very kept himself out of the lunatic asylum by writing verses ; Brownson became a Catholic ; so did Sophia Ripley ; Elizabeth Peabody became a " character " ; Bancroft became a poli- tician ; the ...
... became a Harvard professor ; Jones Very kept himself out of the lunatic asylum by writing verses ; Brownson became a Catholic ; so did Sophia Ripley ; Elizabeth Peabody became a " character " ; Bancroft became a poli- tician ; the ...
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... became by so much like God or became God . “ The soul , " Emerson writes , " knows no persons . It invites every man to expand to the full circle of the universe , and will have no preferences but those of spontaneous love . ” He makes ...
... became by so much like God or became God . “ The soul , " Emerson writes , " knows no persons . It invites every man to expand to the full circle of the universe , and will have no preferences but those of spontaneous love . ” He makes ...
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Tom Paine and Republican Religion | 1 |
Irving Bryant Cooper | 24 |
Transcendentalism and Emerson | 48 |
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