2) Eberhart, Richard. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...(1956-71). His poetry, noted for its simplicity and directness, has as a frequent theme the loss of innocence and spontaneity. Among his volumes of poetry are A Bravery...

3) Eden, Garden of. The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition. 2002
...of the Earth. The garden also contained the tree of knowledge of good and evil, from which Adam and Eve were forbidden to eat. When they disobeyed and ate the forbidden...

4) §7. Transcendental Doctrines in Hawthorne: Self-Reliance; Compensation; Circles. XI. Hawthorne. Vol. 16. Early National Literature, Part II; Later National Literature, Part I. The Cambridge History of English and American Literature: An Encyclopedia in Eighteen Volumes. 1907–21
...with it. The thief is punished, though the police never find him, for the price of theft is loss of innocence, fear of arrest, suspicion of other men. What compensation...

5) fall. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.
...Didion). 12a. A moral lapse. b. A loss of chastity. 13. often Fall Theology The loss of humanity's original innocence and happiness resulting from Adam and Eve's...

6) §5. "Wuthering Heights". XII. The Brontës. Vol. 13. The Victorian Age, Part One. The Cambridge History of English and American Literature: An Encyclopedia in Eighteen Volumes. 1907–21
...from Lockwood s nightmare at the beginning to the last scene in Joseph s kitchen, when Heathcliff s glazing eyes are tense with love s vision, the imagination pursues...

7) §12. His debt to Herbert, spiritual and literary. II. The Sacred Poets. Vol. 7. Cavalier and Puritan. The Cambridge History of English and American Literature: An Encyclopedia in Eighteen Volumes. 1907–21
...brooding over man s relations with the unseen and the eternal. This theme receives yet finer treatment in two of his best-known poems, The World, and They are all...

8) §10. Thomas Fuller. X. Antiquaries. Vol. 7. Cavalier and Puritan. The Cambridge History of English and American Literature: An Encyclopedia in Eighteen Volumes. 1907–21
...was rather harassed by members of his own party, such as South and Heylyn, who disliked his moderation, objected to his fantastic style and made some fun of him personally....

9) §6. Hypothetical Biography of the Poet. XV. "Pearl, Cleanness, Patience and Sir Gawayne". Vol. 1. From the Beginnings to the Cycles of Romance. The Cambridge History of English and American Literature: An Encyclopedia in Eighteen Volumes. 1907–21
...heavenly vision of his lost jewel brought him comfort and taught him resignation. It is noteworthy that, throughout the whole poem, there is no single reference to...

10) §17. Summary. XIV. English Grammar Schools. Vol. 7. Cavalier and Puritan. The Cambridge History of English and American Literature: An Encyclopedia in Eighteen Volumes. 1907–21
...the education of the youth in the best ways of religion and learning —for which a precedent had been set at Kidderminster, where, in 1634 (long prior to the association...