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... religious orthodoxy . But his parents , especially , were foremost in his memory when he sat down many decades later to recount the days of his boyhood . His father was an intellectual and sophisticated man of the world who practiced ...
... religious orthodoxy . But his parents , especially , were foremost in his memory when he sat down many decades later to recount the days of his boyhood . His father was an intellectual and sophisticated man of the world who practiced ...
Page 56
... religious ore . The religious problem , however , even as it crops up in Nature poetry , is not an isolated one . Though its balance and texture are derived from the personal experiences of the poet , these experiences take place within ...
... religious ore . The religious problem , however , even as it crops up in Nature poetry , is not an isolated one . Though its balance and texture are derived from the personal experiences of the poet , these experiences take place within ...
Page 66
... religious problems , either on the theological or on emotional levels . The problem success- fully attacked in " Thanatopsis " is not what happens to the soul in death but to the human mind . And it is a mistake to read into the poem ...
... religious problems , either on the theological or on emotional levels . The problem success- fully attacked in " Thanatopsis " is not what happens to the soul in death but to the human mind . And it is a mistake to read into the poem ...
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