Dismissing God: Modern Writers' Struggle Against ReligionIn the past two centuries many leading writers have held their quarrel with God. In Dismissing God, D. Bruce Lockerbie explores the nature of this quarrel by examining the lives, beliefs, and works of more than twenty European and American author. |
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... Poet , " published in 1843 , defined the role of poet as that of “ a sovereign and stands on the center emperor in his own right . " 13 The poet is above social critique and can rightly claim an “ intellect inebriated by nectar . " This ...
... Poet , " published in 1843 , defined the role of poet as that of “ a sovereign and stands on the center emperor in his own right . " 13 The poet is above social critique and can rightly claim an “ intellect inebriated by nectar . " This ...
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... poet's lips . " Again , in " The Poet , " which became Whitman's inspiration , Emerson had devised a parallel Trinity , in which the Son is the poet , “ the sayer , the namer , and represents beauty . " 36 R. W. B. Lewis , in The ...
... poet's lips . " Again , in " The Poet , " which became Whitman's inspiration , Emerson had devised a parallel Trinity , in which the Son is the poet , “ the sayer , the namer , and represents beauty . " 36 R. W. B. Lewis , in The ...
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... poets are the unac- knowledged legislators of the world " because the poet not only beholds intensely the present as it is , and discovers those laws according to which present things ought to be ordered , but he beholds the future in ...
... poets are the unac- knowledged legislators of the world " because the poet not only beholds intensely the present as it is , and discovers those laws according to which present things ought to be ordered , but he beholds the future in ...
Contents
Preface | 9 |
The Ebb Tide of Faith | 17 |
The Abdication of Belief | 34 |
Copyright | |
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