1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910453673103321

Titolo

The spread of Buddhism [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Ann Heirman and Stephan Peter Bumbacher

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden ; ; Boston, : Brill, 2007

ISBN

1-281-92630-2

9786611926304

90-474-2006-3

Descrizione fisica

viii, 474 p. : map

Collana

Handbook of oriental studies. Section eight, Central Asia, , 0169-8524 ; ; v. 16 = Handbuch der Orientalistik

Altri autori (Persone)

HeirmanAnn

BumbacherStephan Peter

Disciplina

294.3095

Soggetti

Buddhism - East Asia - History

Buddhism - Asia, Central - History

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Preliminary material / A. Heirman and S.P. Bumbacher -- Introduction: The Spread of buddhism / Ann Heirman and Stephan Peter Bumbacher -- The first turning of the wheel of the doctrine— Sarvāstivāda and Mahāsāṃghika controversy / Bart Dessein -- Buddhism in Gandhara / Siglinde Dietz -- The spread of buddhism in Serindia—Buddhism among iranians, tocharians and turks before the 13th century / Xavier Tremblay -- Greece, the final frontier?—The westward spread of buddhism / Erik Seldeslachts -- Vinaya: from India to China / Ann Heirman -- Early buddhism in China: Daoist reactions / Stephan Peter Bumbacher -- Tantric threads between India and China / Martin Lehnert -- The Accounts of Milbon, Hyet’ong and Myŏngnang in the Samguk Yusa / Pol Vanden Broucke -- The buddhist way into Tibet / Karénina Kollmar-Paulenz -- The later spread of buddhism in Tibet / Sven Bretfeld -- The history of buddhism among the mongols / Klaus Sagaster -- The spread of Chan (Zen) buddhism / T. Griffith Foulk -- Index of names / A. Heirman and S.P. Bumbacher -- Index of places / A. Heirman and S.P. Bumbacher -- Index of titles / A. Heirman and S.P.



Bumbacher.

Sommario/riassunto

In no region of the world Buddhism can be seen as a unified doctrinal system. It rather consists of a multitude of different ideas, practices and behaviours. Geographical, social, political, economic, philosophical, religious, and also linguistic factors all played their role in its development and spread, but this role was different from region to region. Based on up-to-date research, this book aims at unraveling the complex factors that shaped the presence of particular forms of Buddhism in the regions to the north and the east of India. The result is a fascinating view on the mechanisms that allowed or hampered the presence of (certain aspects of) Buddhism in regions such as Central Asia, China, Tibet, Mongolia, or Korea.

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Record Nr.

UNINA9910463761403321

Autore

Calder Andrew

Titolo

Molière [[electronic resource] ] : The Theory and Practice of Comedy

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : Continuum International Publishing, 2000

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (256 p.)

Disciplina

842.4

842/.4

Soggetti

Molière

French drama - Theory, etc - History and criticism - 17th century

French drama (Comedy) - History and criticism - Theory, etc

Romance Literatures

Languages & Literatures

French Literature

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Preface; CHAPTER ONE: Character; CHAPTER TWO: Plot and Action I: The Plots of New Comedy; CHAPTER THREE: Plot and Action II:



Comic Fate; CHAPTER FOUR: Comedy and the Ridiculous; CHAPTER FIVE: Reason and the Ridiculous; CHAPTER SIX: Body and Soul: A Physiology of Laughter; CHAPTER SEVEN: Honnêteté; CHAPTER EIGHT: Judgement; CHAPTER NINE: Sociability, Reason and Laughter; CHAPTER TEN: Families; CHAPTER ELEVEN: Aristotelian Pedants; CHAPTER TWELVE: Medicine; CHAPTER THIRTEEN: Preciosity; CHAPTER FOURTEEN: Le Tartuffe; CHAPTER FIFTEEN: Dom Juan and 'the hidden God'

CHAPTER SIXTEEN: Molière's PhilosophyChronology; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

The history of ideas provides an important means of understanding and reinterpreting the literature of the past; and in this study Dr. Calder demonstrates the illumination that this informed approach brings to the comedies of MoliFre. In the course of this study, the author outlines a fresh theory of classical comedy which applies to the works of other French writers of the 17th century; and the historical reinterpretations of MoliFre's two most difficult plays -- Le Tartuffe and Dom Juan -- break entirely new ground.Although this is a work which specialists will admire, it is also intended to