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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.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- SUNY series in Buddhism and American culture
- SUNY series in Buddhism and American Culture
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- American literature--Buddhist authors--History and criticism.
- American literature.
- American literature--20th century--History and criticism.
- American literature--Buddhist influences.
- Buddhism in literature.
- Buddhism and literature--United States.
- Buddhism and literature.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 255 p.
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Albany : SUNY Press, c2009.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Looks at Buddhist influences in American literature and how literature has shaped the reception of Buddhism in North America.
- Contents:
- 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.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781438426594
- 1438426593
- 9781441617620
- 1441617620
- OCLC:
- 434477012
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