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The Dharma Bum's Guide to Western Literature : Finding Nirvana in the Classics.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Sluyter, Dean.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- American literature--History and criticism.
- American literature.
- English literature--History and criticism.
- English literature.
- Philosophy, Asian, in literature.
- Transcendence (Philosophy) in literature.
- Genre:
- Literary criticism.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (387 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Other Title:
- Dharma Bum’s Guide to Western Literature
- Place of Publication:
- Novato : New World Library, 2022.
- Summary:
- "A meditation instructor and former English teacher shows how the great classics of Western literature illustrate the essential concepts of Eastern philosophy. The discussion includes works by authors such as John Keats, William Shakespeare, Virginia Woolf, Frederick Douglass, and many others"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Title
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- Introduction: Let's Take Our Shoes Off
- 1. William Blake: Eternity's Sunrise
- 2. F. Scott Fitzgerald the Great Gatsby: Unutterable Visions
- 3. Frederick Douglass the Slave Narrative: Tribulation
- 4. Thoreau, Emerson &
- Friends: Future Buddhas of America
- 5. Dr. Seuss the Cat in the Hat: Have No Fear
- 6. Virginia Woolf to the Lighthouse: Plenty for Everybody
- 7. Ernest Hemingway a Farewell to Arms: Pebbles and Boulders
- 8. Samuel Taylor Coleridge Kubla Khan: The Milk of Paradise
- 9. John Donne a Valediction: Forbidding Mourning: Let Us Melt
- 10. Mark Twain Adventures of Huckleberry Finn: Betwixt Two Things
- 11. John Keats: Still
- 12. Edwin Abbott Abbott Flatland: Upward, Not Northward
- 13. William Shakespeare Macbeth: What's Your Hurry?
- 14. Samuel Beckett Waiting for Godot: Thanks for Nothing
- 15. Rodgers &
- Hammerstein Oklahoma!: OK
- 16. Gerard Manley Hopkins: Flame Out
- 17. Toni Morrison the Bluest Eye: Love Nonetheless
- 18. Herman Melville Moby-Dick: Whiteness
- 19. Emily Dickinson: I'm Nobody
- 20. Walt Whitman: I Am Large
- 21. J. D. Salinger: Ah, Buddy
- 22. Key, Rogers &
- Franklin Three Anthems: Look Again
- Acknowledgments
- Selected Bibliography
- Illustration Credits
- Index
- About the Author.
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 9781608687701
- 1608687708
- OCLC:
- 1298713862
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