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



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Titolo: The emergence of Buddhist American literature / / edited by John Whalen-Bridge, Gary Storhoff ; foreword by Mazine Hong Kingston and afterword by Charles Johnson Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Albany, : SUNY Press, c2009
Edizione: 1st ed.
Descrizione fisica: xii, 255 p
Disciplina: 810.9/382943
Soggetto topico: 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
Altri autori: Whalen-BridgeJohn <1961->  
StorhoffGary <1947->  
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.
Titolo autorizzato: The emergence of Buddhist American literature  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-4384-2659-3
1-4416-1762-0
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910825004903321
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