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Record Nr.

UNINA9910825004903321

Titolo

The emergence of Buddhist American literature / / edited by John Whalen-Bridge, Gary Storhoff ; foreword by Mazine Hong Kingston and afterword by Charles Johnson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Albany, : SUNY Press, c2009

ISBN

1-4384-2659-3

1-4416-1762-0

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

xii, 255 p

Collana

SUNY series in Buddhism and American culture

Altri autori (Persone)

Whalen-BridgeJohn <1961->

StorhoffGary <1947->

Disciplina

810.9/382943

Soggetti

American literature - Buddhist authors - History and criticism

American literature - 20th century - History and criticism

American literature - Buddhist influences

Buddhism in literature

Buddhism and literature - United States

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

Literature as vehicle: transmission and transformation. The emptiness of patterned flux : Ernest Fenollosa's Buddhist essay "The Chinese written character as a medium for poetry" / Jonathan Stalling -- Gary Snyder's selective way to Cold Mountain : domesticating Han Shan / Yuemin He -- John Giorno : Buddhism, poetry, and transgression / Marcus Boon -- Buddhadharma and poetry without credentials / Michael Heller -- Zen, Vajrayana, and the avant-garde : a pluralistic poetics. Finger pointing at the moon : Zen and the poetry of Philip Whalen / Jane Falk -- Keeping vision alive : the Buddhist stillpoint in the work of Jack Kerouac and Allen Ginsberg / Erik Mortenson -- Illumination through the cracks : the melting down of conventional socio-religious thought and practice in the work of Gary Snyder / Tom Lavazzi -- The American poetic diamond vehicle : Allen Ginsberg and Anne Waldman re-work Vajrayana Buddhism / Jane Augustine -- Widening the circle : Buddhism and American writers of color. Buddhism, Chinese religion, and the ceremony of writing : an interview



with Maxine Hong Kingston / John Whalen-Bridge -- A bridge between two worlds : crossing to America in Monkey bridge / Hanh Nguyen and R.C. Lutz -- 'Opening the hand of thought' : the meditative mind in Charles Johnson's Dr. King's refrigerator and other bedtime stories / Gary Storhoff.

Sommario/riassunto

Looks at Buddhist influences in American literature and how literature has shaped the reception of Buddhism in North America.