Enlightened individualism : Buddhism and Hinduism in American literature from the Beats to the present /
"Exploration of how post-1945 American writers, including Jack Kerouac, Alice Walker, and Maxine Hong Kingston, have tried to reconcile US goal-oriented individualism with Buddhist and Hindu transcendent teachings"--
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Columbus :
The Ohio State University Press,
[2019]
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Colección: | Literature, religion, and postsecular studies.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Beat Buddhism and American freedom: Allen Ginsberg, Gary Snyder, Jack Kerouac, and Tom Robbins
- Anti-Beat reactions and mainstream mysticism: J.D. Salinger's Franny and Zooey and Robert Pirsig's Zen and the art of motorcycle maintenance
- Secret rituals and American autonomy: Thomas Pynchon's Vineland and Don DeLillo's Underworld
- Asian religions and African dreams: Alice Walker and Charles Johnson
- Buddhist nonself and Asian American identity: lan Cao's Monkey bridge and Maxine Hong Kingston's The fifth book of peace.