The Wisdom of Words: Language, Theology, and Literature in the New England RenaissanceWesleyan University Press, 1981 - 203 pages |
Contents
Chapter One The Word of God within | 15 |
Chapter Two Transcendental Logic From | 35 |
Chapter Three The Example of Emerson From | 75 |
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