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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... heaven break On his particular time and personal sight . That calm seems certainly safe to last tonight . But in the next volume , A Further Range ( 1936 ) , another poem urges precisely the opposite point of view . It is called " Lost ...
... heaven break On his particular time and personal sight . That calm seems certainly safe to last tonight . But in the next volume , A Further Range ( 1936 ) , another poem urges precisely the opposite point of view . It is called " Lost ...
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... Heaven , 111- 12 ; Christian Science , 94 ; A Con- necticut Yankee at King Arthur's Court , 95 , 109 ; Following the Equator , 94 ; The Gilded Age , 94 , 109 , 110 ; " In Defense of Harriet Shelley , " 109 ; Innocents Abroad , 72 , 98 ...
... Heaven , 111- 12 ; Christian Science , 94 ; A Con- necticut Yankee at King Arthur's Court , 95 , 109 ; Following the Equator , 94 ; The Gilded Age , 94 , 109 , 110 ; " In Defense of Harriet Shelley , " 109 ; Innocents Abroad , 72 , 98 ...
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... Heaven , 111– 12 ; Christian Science , 94 ; A Con- necticut Yankee at King Arthur's Court , 95 , 109 ; Following the Equator , 94 ; The Gilded Age , 94 , 109 , 110 ; " In Defense of Harriet Shelley , " 109 ; Innocents Abroad , 72 , 98 ...
... Heaven , 111– 12 ; Christian Science , 94 ; A Con- necticut Yankee at King Arthur's Court , 95 , 109 ; Following the Equator , 94 ; The Gilded Age , 94 , 109 , 110 ; " In Defense of Harriet Shelley , " 109 ; Innocents Abroad , 72 , 98 ...
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Tom Paine and Republican Religion | 1 |
Irving Bryant Cooper | 24 |
Transcendentalism and Emerson | 48 |
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