The emergence of Buddhist American literature / edited by John Whalen-Bridge, Gary Storhoff ; foreword by Mazine Hong Kingston and afterword by Charles Johnson.
| Other author | Whalen-Bridge, John, 1961- |
| Other author | Storhoff, Gary, 1947- |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Albany : SUNY Press, |
| Description | xii, 255 p. ; 24 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| Series | SUNY series in Buddhism and American culture SUNY series in Buddhism and American culture. ^A1121029 |
| 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. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2008034847 |
| ISBN | 9781438426532 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 1438426534 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |