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The lotus and the lion [[electronic resource] ] : Buddhism and the British Empire / / J. Jeffrey Franklin
The lotus and the lion [[electronic resource] ] : Buddhism and the British Empire / / J. Jeffrey Franklin
Autore Franklin J. Jeffrey
Pubbl/distr/stampa Ithaca, : Cornell University Press, 2008
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (287 p.)
Disciplina 820.9/382943
Soggetto topico Buddhism in literature
English literature - 19th century - History and criticism
Buddhism - Study and teaching - Great Britain - History - 19th century
Soggetto genere / forma Electronic books.
ISBN 0-8014-5859-5
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
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.
Record Nr. UNINA-9910459940403321
Franklin J. Jeffrey  
Ithaca, : Cornell University Press, 2008
Materiale a stampa
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
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The lotus and the lion [[electronic resource] ] : Buddhism and the British Empire / / J. Jeffrey Franklin
The lotus and the lion [[electronic resource] ] : Buddhism and the British Empire / / J. Jeffrey Franklin
Autore Franklin J. Jeffrey
Pubbl/distr/stampa Ithaca, : Cornell University Press, 2008
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (287 p.)
Disciplina 820.9/382943
Soggetto topico Buddhism in literature
English literature - 19th century - History and criticism
Buddhism - Study and teaching - Great Britain - History - 19th century
ISBN 0-8014-5859-5
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
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.
Record Nr. UNINA-9910789835103321
Franklin J. Jeffrey  
Ithaca, : Cornell University Press, 2008
Materiale a stampa
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
Opac: Controlla la disponibilità qui
The lotus and the lion : Buddhism and the British Empire / / J. Jeffrey Franklin
The lotus and the lion : Buddhism and the British Empire / / J. Jeffrey Franklin
Autore Franklin J. Jeffrey
Edizione [1st ed.]
Pubbl/distr/stampa Ithaca, : Cornell University Press, 2008
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (287 p.)
Disciplina 820.9/382943
Soggetto topico Buddhism in literature
English literature - 19th century - History and criticism
Buddhism - Study and teaching - Great Britain - History - 19th century
ISBN 0-8014-5859-5
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
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.
Record Nr. UNINA-9910812618803321
Franklin J. Jeffrey  
Ithaca, : Cornell University Press, 2008
Materiale a stampa
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
Opac: Controlla la disponibilità qui
Spirit Matters : Occult Beliefs, Alternative Religions, and the Crisis of Faith in Victorian Britain / / J. Jeffrey Franklin
Spirit Matters : Occult Beliefs, Alternative Religions, and the Crisis of Faith in Victorian Britain / / J. Jeffrey Franklin
Autore Franklin J. Jeffrey
Pubbl/distr/stampa Ithaca, NY : , : Cornell University Press, , [2018]
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (264 pages) : illustrations
Disciplina 823.91209034
Soggetto topico Religion and culture - Great Britain - History - 19th century
Spiritualism - Great Britain - History - 19th century
Occultism - Great Britain - History - 19th century
Spiritualism in literature
Occultism in literature
English prose literature - 19th century - History and criticism
Soggetto non controllato spirituality, materialism, Buddhism, occultism, New Age
ISBN 1-5017-1546-1
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Orthodox Christianity, Scientific Materialism, and Alternative Religions -- Part I: Challenges to Christianity and the Orthodox/ Heterodox Boundary -- 2 The Evolution of Occult Spirituality in Victorian England and the Representative Case of Edward Bulwer-Lytton -- 3 Anthony Trollope's Religion -- 4 The Influences of Buddhism and Comparative Religion on Matthew Arnold's Theology -- Part II: The Interpenetration of Christianity and Buddhism -- 5 Interpenetration of Religion and National Politics in Great Britain and Sri Lanka -- 6 Identity, Genre, and Religion in Anna Leonowens's The English Governess at the Siamese Court -- Part III: The Turn to Occultism -- 7 Ancient Egyptian Religion in Late Victorian England -- 8 The Economics of Immortality -- Part IV: The Origins of Alternative Religion in Victorian Britain -- Conclusion From Victorian Occultism to New Age Spiritualities -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
Record Nr. UNINA-9910796585803321
Franklin J. Jeffrey  
Ithaca, NY : , : Cornell University Press, , [2018]
Materiale a stampa
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
Opac: Controlla la disponibilità qui
Spirit Matters : Occult Beliefs, Alternative Religions, and the Crisis of Faith in Victorian Britain / / J. Jeffrey Franklin
Spirit Matters : Occult Beliefs, Alternative Religions, and the Crisis of Faith in Victorian Britain / / J. Jeffrey Franklin
Autore Franklin J. Jeffrey
Edizione [1st ed.]
Pubbl/distr/stampa Ithaca, NY : , : Cornell University Press, , [2018]
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (264 pages) : illustrations
Disciplina 823.91209034
Soggetto topico Religion and culture - Great Britain - History - 19th century
Spiritualism - Great Britain - History - 19th century
Occultism - Great Britain - History - 19th century
Spiritualism in literature
Occultism in literature
English prose literature - 19th century - History and criticism
ISBN 1-5017-1546-1
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Orthodox Christianity, Scientific Materialism, and Alternative Religions -- Part I: Challenges to Christianity and the Orthodox/ Heterodox Boundary -- 2 The Evolution of Occult Spirituality in Victorian England and the Representative Case of Edward Bulwer-Lytton -- 3 Anthony Trollope's Religion -- 4 The Influences of Buddhism and Comparative Religion on Matthew Arnold's Theology -- Part II: The Interpenetration of Christianity and Buddhism -- 5 Interpenetration of Religion and National Politics in Great Britain and Sri Lanka -- 6 Identity, Genre, and Religion in Anna Leonowens's The English Governess at the Siamese Court -- Part III: The Turn to Occultism -- 7 Ancient Egyptian Religion in Late Victorian England -- 8 The Economics of Immortality -- Part IV: The Origins of Alternative Religion in Victorian Britain -- Conclusion From Victorian Occultism to New Age Spiritualities -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
Record Nr. UNINA-9910814843103321
Franklin J. Jeffrey  
Ithaca, NY : , : Cornell University Press, , [2018]
Materiale a stampa
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
Opac: Controlla la disponibilità qui