The emergence of Buddhist American literature
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...
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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Albany
State University of New York Press
2009
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| In: | Year: 2009 |
| Series/Journal: | SUNY series in Buddhism and American culture
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
USA
/ Buddhist literature
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| Further subjects: | B
Collection of essays
B American literature Buddhist influences B American literature Buddhist authors History and criticism B Buddhism in literature B Buddhism and literature (United States) B Fictional representation B American literature 20th century History and criticism |
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| Summary: | 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 the 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 -- Ginsberg, Trungpa, and the American poetic diamond vehicle: Anne Waldman re-works 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 monkey bridge between two worlds: A Vietnamese Buddhist's crossing to America / Hanh Nguyen and R.C. Lutz -- Opening the hand of thought: the meditative mind in Charles Johnson's Dr. King's refrigerator / Gary Storhoff |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index SUNY Press = State University of New York Press |
| ISBN: | 1438426534 |