Jones, Howard Mumford, 1892-1980.

Belief and disbelief in American literature / Howard Mumford Jones. - x, 153 pages ; 21 cm -

Lectures sponsored by the Frank L. Weil Institute for Studies in Religion and the Humanities.

Includes bibliographical references.

Tom 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. ch. 1. ch. 2. ch. 3. ch. 4. ch. 5. ch. 6.

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Irving, Washington, 1783-1859 --Anniversaries, etc.
Paine, Thomas, 1737-1809.
Cooper, James Fenimore, 1789-1851 --Criticism and interpretation.
Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892.
Twain, Mark, 1835-1910 --Criticism and interpretation.
Bryant, William Cullen, 1794-1878.
Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 1803-1882.
Bryant, William Cullen, 1794-1878.
Cooper, James Fenimore, 1789-1851.
Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 1803-1882.
Irving, Washington, 1783-1859.
Paine, Thomas, 1737-1809.
Twain, Mark, 1835-1910.
Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892.


American literature--History and criticism.
Belief and doubt in literature.
Croyance et doute.
Littérature américaine.
American literature.
Anniversaries.
Belief and doubt in literature.


Criticism, interpretation, etc.

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