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Cambridge History of American Literature: volume 3 (ed. Trent, William Peterfield, 1862-1939., Erskine, John, 1879-1951., Sherman, Stuart Pratt, 1881-1926., Van Doren, Carl, 1885-1950.) 6 0 Browse Search
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Cambridge History of American Literature: volume 3 (ed. Trent, William Peterfield, 1862-1939., Erskine, John, 1879-1951., Sherman, Stuart Pratt, 1881-1926., Van Doren, Carl, 1885-1950.), Book III (continued) (search)
not solely for the progress of his pupils in the three R's or even in Latin, and fearing the engrossing materialism of the pioneer's existence. Contemporary with Pastorius, most quaint and curious, are the odes and theosophical writings of John Kelpius and his mystic brotherhood, called The woman in the wilderness. Yet more impressive still is their act of awaiting in the American forest the end of the world, forecast to come at the close of the century by the mystic astronomer Zimmermann, who died on the eve of embarkation for the New World in 1693. No hermit in the African desert was ever more sincere in his flight from the world's temptations or more devout in his communion with the Divine Spirit than Kelpius in his dingy cavern by the banks of the Wissahickon, then beyond the area of settlement. His anxious soul, shedding a mystic brightness upon the gloom of the wilderness, long pleaded in vain to be released from the bonds of the flesh: Tormenting love, O sweetest pai
Cambridge History of American Literature: volume 3 (ed. Trent, William Peterfield, 1862-1939., Erskine, John, 1879-1951., Sherman, Stuart Pratt, 1881-1926., Van Doren, Carl, 1885-1950.), Index (search)
e, E. K., 167 Kane, T. L., 142 Kansas Bandit, the, 357 Kant, 228, 23, 238, 239, 245, 263, 264 n. Kaplan, Michael, 603 Kapp, Friedrich, 587 Kara Giorg. See Bruhl, B. Karl Follen, 447 n. Katharine Lauderdale, 88 Kathrina, 38 Kay, Helena de, 48, 49 Kearny, Stephen, 143 Keats, 33, 35, 43, 44 Keckley, Mrs., 351 Keene, Laura, 268, 270 Keimer, Samuel, 445 Keith, 535 Kellermann, Bernhard, 582 Kelley, O. H., 356 Kellogg, E., 437 Kelly, Myra, 420 Kelpius, John, 573 Kendall, G. W., 132, 133, 137 Kennan, George, 165 Kent, James, 402 Kentons, the, 84 Kenyon, Charles, 290, 294 Key, Francis Scott, 494 Key to Genesis, 529 Key to the Apocalypse, 526 Key to the Scriptures, 525 Key to Uncle Tom's cabin, a, 71 Khaled, 88 Kidd, Captain, 517 Kindling, 290, 294 King, Charles, 86 King, Clarence, 158 King, Grace Elizabeth, 597 King Lear, 483 King Noanett, 91 King's College. See Columbia University King's College