American koan: imagining Zen and self in autobiographical literature
Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Note on Language Conventions -- Introduction -- 1. Enlightenment: D. T. Suzuki and Philip Kapleau -- 2. Failure: Janwillem Van de Wetering, David Chadwick, Natalie Goldberg, Shozan Jack Haubner -- 3. The Two Truths: Myoan Grace Schireson, Claire Gesshin Greenwood, Zenj...
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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Charlottesville$aLondon
University of Virginia Press
2024
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| In: | Year: 2024 |
| Series/Journal: | Studies in religion and culture
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
USA
/ Koan
/ Autobiographical literature
/ Zen Buddhism
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| RelBib Classification: | AG Religious life; material religion BL Buddhism KBQ North America |
| Further subjects: | B
Koan
B Autobiography B Zen Buddhism in literature B Literature Criticism and interpretation |
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Table of Contents Blurb Literaturverzeichnis |
| Parallel Edition: | Electronic
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| Summary: | Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Note on Language Conventions -- Introduction -- 1. Enlightenment: D. T. Suzuki and Philip Kapleau -- 2. Failure: Janwillem Van de Wetering, David Chadwick, Natalie Goldberg, Shozan Jack Haubner -- 3. The Two Truths: Myoan Grace Schireson, Claire Gesshin Greenwood, Zenju Earthlyn Manuel -- 4. Detachment in Van de Wetering's Afterzen -- 5. Interdependence in the Work of Ruth Ozeki -- 6. Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index. "The koan is among the most recognizable of Zen Buddhist genres, a riddle or puzzle used during meditation to help unravel greater truths about the world or those meditating. In American Koan, Ben Van Overmeire examines the literary function of these ancient dialogues in the "Zen monastic memoirs" of modern western authors such as Natalie Goldberg, Peter Matthiessen, and others. Such dialogues are portrayed in these modern memoirs as the ideal or utopian world of Zen, against which the protagonist's own experiences of Zen are to be measured. Van Overmeire examines this "utopian" nostalgia for a pure cultural origin that represents something essential and foundational, thereby clarifying the relationship between the modern understanding of Zen and the advent of modernity, with its attendant feeling of destabilization"-- |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Physical Description: | XX, 228 Seiten |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8139-5208-6 978-0-8139-5209-3 |
