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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... landscape by certain writers in America during the first half of the nineteenth century and to the implications of these treatments for religious ... landscape passages part of their total response to American life 25 LANDSCAPE AS RELIGION.
... landscape by certain writers in America during the first half of the nineteenth century and to the implications of these treatments for religious ... landscape passages part of their total response to American life 25 LANDSCAPE AS RELIGION.
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... landscape passages part of their total response to American life . They differed importantly among themselves . Here , for example , is a passage on the American landscape from Irving's The Sketch Book , first published in 1819-20 : I ...
... landscape passages part of their total response to American life . They differed importantly among themselves . Here , for example , is a passage on the American landscape from Irving's The Sketch Book , first published in 1819-20 : I ...
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... landscape as a literary device . The nat- ural setting of tales like " Rip Van Winkle " and " The Legend of Sleepy ... landscape has something to do with religious belief . Content with pure narrative , he found no presence , divine or ...
... landscape as a literary device . The nat- ural setting of tales like " Rip Van Winkle " and " The Legend of Sleepy ... landscape has something to do with religious belief . Content with pure narrative , he found no presence , divine or ...
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Tom Paine and Republican Religion | 1 |
Irving Bryant Cooper | 24 |
Transcendentalism and Emerson | 48 |
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