Belief and disbelief in American literature /
Howard Mumford Jones.
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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.