American Writers: A Collection of Literary Biographies. Vachel Lindsay to Elinor Wylie. supplement I.. part 2Contains biographical and critical essays on the work of important American writers. Presents scholar-signed essays prepared by experts in the field. |
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Page 48
... religious faith was an ef- fort to escape the dangers of the street , to placate his father , and finally to defeat him by excelling him in his own ministerial vocation . Whatever the motives , the intense emotional commitment to religion ...
... religious faith was an ef- fort to escape the dangers of the street , to placate his father , and finally to defeat him by excelling him in his own ministerial vocation . Whatever the motives , the intense emotional commitment to religion ...
Page 54
... religion its due , but finally im- plies religious skepticism . A more openly unfavorable view of religion appears in the play The Amen Corner , written in the summer of 1952 and first produced in the 1954-55 season at Howard University ...
... religion its due , but finally im- plies religious skepticism . A more openly unfavorable view of religion appears in the play The Amen Corner , written in the summer of 1952 and first produced in the 1954-55 season at Howard University ...
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... religious enthusiasm and superstition . With the Puritan spirit still strong in the land and the signs of another religious revival already evident , the ra- tionalist Brown was warning his readers against unbridled indulgence of religious ...
... religious enthusiasm and superstition . With the Puritan spirit still strong in the land and the signs of another religious revival already evident , the ra- tionalist Brown was warning his readers against unbridled indulgence of religious ...
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