1.

Record Nr.

UNISA996385324803316

Autore

Nedham Marchamont <1620-1678.>

Titolo

The great accuser cast down, or, A publick trial of Mr. John Goodwin of Coleman-street, London, at the bar of religion & right reason [[electronic resource] ] : it being a full answer to a certain scandalous book of his lately published, entituled, The triers tried and cast, &c. whereupon being found guilty of high scandal and malediction both against the present authority, and the commissioners for approbation and ejection, he is here sentenced and brought forth to the deserved execution of the press / / by Marchamont Nedham, Gent

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : Printed by Tho. Newcomb, for George Sawbridge ..., 1657

Descrizione fisica

[24], 131 p

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Marginal notes.

"The contents" [i.e. index]: prelim. p. 23-24.

Reproduction of original in Union Theological Seminary Library, New York.

Sommario/riassunto

eebo-0160



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910789835103321

Autore

Franklin J. Jeffrey

Titolo

The lotus and the lion [[electronic resource] ] : Buddhism and the British Empire / / J. Jeffrey Franklin

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Ithaca, : Cornell University Press, 2008

ISBN

0-8014-5859-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (287 p.)

Disciplina

820.9/382943

Soggetti

Buddhism in literature

English literature - 19th century - History and criticism

Buddhism - Study and teaching - Great Britain - History - 19th century

Great Britain Religion 19th century

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 index.

Nota di contenuto

The life of the Buddha in Victorian Britain -- Buddhism and the emergence of late-Victorian hybrid religions -- Romances of reincarnation, karma, and desire -- Buddhism and the empire of the self in Kipling's Kim -- Conclusion : the afterlife of Nirvana -- Appendix 1 : selective chronology of events in the European encounter with Buddhism -- Appendix 2 : summary of selected Buddhist tenets.