Freedom As a 'Way of Seeing': The Presence of Taoism In Oxherding Tale
A distinctive feature of Charles Johnson's Oxherding Tale involves his adoption of Taoism, which is also a novelty for African American literature. Drawing on Chuang Tzu's philosophy of freedom, this paper discusses how Johnson resorts to Taoism for inspiration in this novel so as to trans...
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University of Wales Press
[2018]
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The journal of religious history, literature and culture
Year: 2018, Volume: 4, Issue: 1, Pages: 1-20 |
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