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The foundationalists are philosophers who argue that we must have certain apodictic truths that are self-evident in order for knowledge claims to be deduced from them.
sentiment against leasing wilderness parcels owned by the wealthy, particularly the New York Dutch, who held much of the State of New York as hereditary estates.
The subject of the Cooper's Littlepage Manuscripts: Satanstoe (1845); The Chainbearers (1845); and The Redskins (1846). See also The American Democrat (1838)
a scripted world-view; a stance somewhere between public/formalized and personal/commitment. Example: in 'The Dream of the Rood', a tree is recognized as a cross becomes a crucifix imbued with significance by an individual or enhylon
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world of change open to diverse possibility but susceptible to intervention and mediation; the essential puzzle or question in a literary texts.
objectified experience of phenomena taken as recurrent, structured, identifiable, and predictable universally; the possible and certain foundation of sentient being in the world. Generally, that which is loosely called 'reality' which in literature has a specific meaning in 'realism'.
corporate embodiment; a collection of like-minded individuals distinct from the mass of others who are taken as the opposition. examples: the Spartans at Thermopylae, 'Uncle Sam','the spirit of the times.'
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Sous-dominante: quatrième degré de la gamme diatonique.
Trovejante, estrondoso, tronante.
the world as ultimately one; Everyman in Pilgim's Prgress represents a monism: a Christian worldview in the author's time.
the world of contemporaries; scripts for behavior in that typical world