The lotus and the lion : Buddhism and the British Empire / J. Jeffrey Franklin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Franklin, J. Jeffrey.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Buddhism in literature.

English literature--19th century--History and criticism.

English literature.

Buddhism--Study and teaching--Great Britain--History--19th century.

Buddhism.

Buddhism--Study and teaching.

History.

Great Britain--Religion--19th century.

Great Britain.

Religion.

Physical Description:

xii, 273 pages ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2008.

Contents:

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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [245]-263) and index.

ISBN:

9780801447303

0801447305

OCLC:

228371993