LEADER 02768nam 2200553 450 001 9910786838403321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-61146-157-X 035 $a(CKB)3710000000107708 035 $a(EBL)1684635 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001196478 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12554217 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001196478 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11166267 035 $a(PQKB)10132568 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1684635 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1684635 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10869651 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL604687 035 $a(OCoLC)879551044 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000107708 100 $a20140521h20142014 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aZen and the White Whale $ea Buddhist Rendering of Moby-Dick /$fDaniel Herman 210 1$aLanham, Maryland :$cLehigh University Press,$d2014. 210 4$dİ2014 215 $a1 online resource (235 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-61146-166-9 311 $a1-61146-156-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aContents; Introduction; I: Melville's Encounters with Buddhism; 1 The Prologue to Buddhist Studies; 2 A Universal Absorber; 3 Bayle's Dictionary; 4 Possibilities and Probabilities; 5 Mardi and Other Mysteries; II: Ishmael's Way-Seeking Mind; 6 Groundlessness; 7 Narcissus and Dongshan; 8 Searching for Ishmael; 9 Whaling Life, Monastic Life; 10 Ishmael's Meditation; 11 Impermanence and Interdependence; 12 Philosophy, Koans, and Silence; III: Moby Dick's Inscrutable Selflessness; 13 Sarcastic Science; 14 The First Principle of All Things; 15 Whiteness; 16 The Measurements of the Whale Skeleton 327 $a17 Ox-HerdingIV: Captain Ahab's Universe; 18 A Factionalized Consciousness; 19 Savagery Beyond Savagery; 20 Faith and the Three Mates; 21 The Doubloon; 22 Pip, Who Jumped from the Whale-Boat; 23 Ahab's Awakening; 24 Pacific; Conclusion; Acknowledgments; Notes; Bibliography; Index; About the Author 330 $aZen and the White Whale: A Buddhist Rendering of Moby-Dick examines how Herman Melville's Moby-Dick may have been influenced by contemporaneous sources of information about Buddhist thought and considers the book from a Zen Buddhist perspective, as it is expressed in both ancient and modern teachings. 606 $aZen Buddhism in literature 615 0$aZen Buddhism in literature. 676 $a813/.3 700 $aHerman$b Daniel$f1980-$01470410 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910786838403321 996 $aZen and the White Whale$93682220 997 $aUNINA