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245 10 a| American koan :b| imagining Zen and self in autobiographical literature /c| Ben Van Overmeire.;

264 1 a| Charlottesville :b| University of Virginia Press,c| 2024.;

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490 1 a| Studies in religion and culture;

504 a| Includes bibliographical references and index.;

505 0 a| Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Note on Language Conventions -- Introduction -- 1. Enlightenment: D. T. Suzuki and Philip Kapleau -- 2. Failure: Janwillem Van de Wetering, David Chadwick, Natalie Goldberg, Shozan Jack Haubner -- 3. The Two Truths: Myoan Grace Schireson, Claire Gesshin Greenwood, Zenju Earthlyn Manuel -- 4. Detachment in Van de Wetering's Afterzen -- 5. Interdependence in the Work of Ruth Ozeki -- 6. Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.;

520 a| "The koan is among the most recognizable of Zen Buddhist genres, a riddle or puzzle used during meditation to help unravel greater truths about the world or those meditating. In American Koan, Ben Van Overmeire examines the literary function of these ancient dialogues in the "Zen monastic memoirs" of modern western authors such as Natalie Goldberg, Peter Matthiessen, and others. Such dialogues are portrayed in these modern memoirs as the ideal or utopian world of Zen, against which the protagonist's own experiences of Zen are to be measured. Van Overmeire examines this "utopian" nostalgia for a pure cultural origin that represents something essential and foundational, thereby clarifying the relationship between the modern understanding of Zen and the advent of modernity, with its attendant feeling of destabilization"--c| Provided by publisher.;

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American koan : imagining Zen and self in autobiographical literature / Ben Van Overmeire.

Author/creator	Van Overmeire, Ben, 1984- author.
Format	Book
Publication	Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2024.
Description	xx, 228 pages ; 24 cm.
Subjects	Koan. Zen Buddhism in literature. Literature--Criticism and interpretation. Autobiography.

Series	Studies in religion and culture Studies in religion and culture (Charlottesville, Va.) ^A257074
Contents	Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Note on Language Conventions -- Introduction -- 1. Enlightenment: D. T. Suzuki and Philip Kapleau -- 2. Failure: Janwillem Van de Wetering, David Chadwick, Natalie Goldberg, Shozan Jack Haubner -- 3. The Two Truths: Myoan Grace Schireson, Claire Gesshin Greenwood, Zenju Earthlyn Manuel -- 4. Detachment in Van de Wetering's Afterzen -- 5. Interdependence in the Work of Ruth Ozeki -- 6. Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
Abstract	"The koan is among the most recognizable of Zen Buddhist genres, a riddle or puzzle used during meditation to help unravel greater truths about the world or those meditating. In American Koan, Ben Van Overmeire examines the literary function of these ancient dialogues in the "Zen monastic memoirs" of modern western authors such as Natalie Goldberg, Peter Matthiessen, and others. Such dialogues are portrayed in these modern memoirs as the ideal or utopian world of Zen, against which the protagonist's own experiences of Zen are to be measured. Van Overmeire examines this "utopian" nostalgia for a pure cultural origin that represents something essential and foundational, thereby clarifying the relationship between the modern understanding of Zen and the advent of modernity, with its attendant feeling of destabilization"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Issued in other form	Online version: Van Overmeire, Ben, 1984- American koan Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2024 9780813952109
LCCN	2024002722
ISBN	9780813952093
ISBN	9780813952086 hardcover
ISBN	0813952085 hardcover
ISBN	0813952093 paperback
ISBN	electronic book

American koan : imagining Zen and self in autobiographical literature / Ben Van Overmeire.

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