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Allen Ginsberg's Buddhist poetics / Tony Trigilio.
Van Pelt Library PS3513.I74 Z94 2007
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Trigilio, Tony, 1966-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Ginsberg, Allen, 1926-1997--Religion.
- Ginsberg, Allen.
- Ginsberg, Allen, 1926-1997.
- Buddhism in literature.
- Religion.
- Physical Description:
- xx, 256 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, [2007]
- Summary:
- "Allen Ginsberg' s Buddhist Poetics" revives questions of poetics, religious authenticity, and political efficacy in Ginsberg's prophetic poetry. Author Tony Trigilio examines Ginsberg's Buddhism as an imperfect but deepening influence on the major poems of his career.
- Contents:
- Ginsberg's spiritual fathers
- Queer dharma, anxiety, and fantasy in "Angkor Wat"
- The two truths of "The change"
- Language and the limits of romanticism
- Strategies of retreat
- Language, dream, self-(dis)closure
- On the devotional.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-247) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780809327553
- 0809327554
- OCLC:
- 74648974
- Online:
- Contributor biographical information
- Publisher description
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