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The lotus and the lion : Buddhism and the British Empire

Title
The lotus and the lion : Buddhism and the British Empire / J. Jeffrey Franklin.
Author
Franklin, J. Jeffrey.
Publication
Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2008.

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Description
xii, 273 p.; 25 cm.
Subject
  • Buddhism in literature
  • English literature > 19th century > History and criticism
  • Buddhism > Study and teaching > History > Great Britain > 19th century
  • Great Britain > Religion > 19th century
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [245]-263) and index.
Contents
The life of the Buddha in Victorian Britain -- Buddhism and the emergence of late-Victorian hybrid religions -- Romances of reincarnation, karma, and desire -- Buddhism and the empire of the self in Kipling's Kim -- Conclusion : the afterlife of Nirvana -- Appendix 1 : selective chronology of events in the European encounter with Buddhism -- Appendix 2 : summary of selected Buddhist tenets.
ISBN
  • 9780801447303 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 0801447305 (cloth : alk. paper)
LCCN
2008022869
OCLC
  • ocn228371993
  • SCSB-14503510
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library