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Title The emergence of Buddhist American literature / edited by John Whalen-Bridge, Gary Storhoff ; foreword by Mazine Hong Kingston and afterword by Charles Johnson.

Publication Info. Albany : SUNY Press, [2009]
©2009

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 255 pages).
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series SUNY series in Buddhism and American culture
SUNY series in Buddhism and American culture.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
Local Note eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Subject American literature -- Buddhist authors -- History and criticism.
American literature.
American literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
Chronological Term 20th century
Subject American literature -- Buddhist influences.
Buddhism in literature.
Buddhism in literature.
Buddhism and literature -- United States.
Buddhism and literature.
United States.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author Whalen-Bridge, John, 1961-
Storhoff, Gary, 1947-
Other Form: Print version: Emergence of Buddhist American literature. Albany : SUNY Press, ©2009 9781438426532 1438426534 (DLC) 2008034847 (OCoLC)244005110
ISBN 9781441617620 (electronic book)
1441617620 (electronic book)
9781438426532 (hardcover ; alkaline paper)
9781438426594
1438426534 (hardcover ; alkaline paper)