Cosmic Optimism: A Study of the Interpretation of Evolution by American Poets from Emerson to Robinson

accepted American animal appearance believe Boston cause century chapter Charles Scribner's Sons conception conclusion cosmic optimism creation Darwin death Deukalion divine doctrine earth edition Edwin Arlington Robinson Emerson Epimetheus essay eternal Eureka evil evolutionary evolutionism evolutionists existence fact faith force forms geology Gilder Hegel Holmes Houghton Mifflin human Ibid idea idealism important interpretation James Russell Lowell Josiah Royce Lamarck Lanier later living Macmillan man's material matter mechanism merely metaphysical mind Modern moral moreover nature Origin of Species passage perfect philosophy Poe's poem poet Poetical poetry present principle Professor progress quoted Ralph Waldo Emerson Robinson Jeffers Royce Santayana Schelling seems sense Sill simply Song soul Spencer spirit statement Stedman teleological theme theory of evolution things thought tion transcendental transcendentalists true truth universe Walt Whitman Whitman whole William Vaughn Moody words wrote York