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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.