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Writing as enlightenment : Buddhist American literature into the twenty-first century

Title
Writing as enlightenment : Buddhist American literature into the twenty-first century / edited by John Whalen-Bridge and Gary Storhoff ; foreword by Jan Willis.
Publication
Albany : State University of New York Press, c2011.

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Additional Authors
  • Whalen-Bridge, John, 1961-
  • Storhoff, Gary, 1947-
Description
xiii, 193 p.; 24 cm.
Series Statement
SUNY series in Buddhism and American culture
Uniform Title
SUNY series in Buddhism and American culture.
Alternative Title
Buddhist American literature into the twenty-first century
Subject
  • American literature > Buddhist authors > History and criticism
  • American literature > Buddhist influences
  • Buddhism and literature > United States
  • Buddhism in literature
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
The transmission of Zen as dual discourse: Shaku Soen and Okakura Kakuzo / Jane Falk -- Black American Buddhism: history and representation / Linda Furgerson Selzer -- Some of the dharma: the human, the heavenly, and the "real work" in the writings of Gary Snyder / Allan Johnston -- "Listen and relate": Buddhism, Daoism, and chance in the poetry and poetics of Jackson Mac Low / Jonathan Stalling -- A deeper kind of truth: Buddhist themes in Don DeLillo's Libra / Gary Storhoff -- "The present moment happening": a conversation with Gary Snyder about Danger on peaks / Julia Martin -- Embodied mindfulness: Charles Johnson and Maxine Hong Kingston on Buddhism, race, and beauty / John Whalen-Bridge -- Poetry and practice at Naropa University / John Whalen-Bridge.
Call Number
JFE 11-3255
ISBN
  • 9781438439204 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 1438439202 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 9781438439198 (hardcover : alk. paper)
  • 1438439199 (hardcover : alk. paper)
LCCN
2011005365
OCLC
702941623
Title
Writing as enlightenment : Buddhist American literature into the twenty-first century / edited by John Whalen-Bridge and Gary Storhoff ; foreword by Jan Willis.
Imprint
Albany : State University of New York Press, c2011.
Series
SUNY series in Buddhism and American culture
SUNY series in Buddhism and American culture.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Added Author
Whalen-Bridge, John, 1961-
Storhoff, Gary, 1947-
Research Call Number
JFE 11-3255
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