American Koan: Imagining Zen and Self in Autobiographical Literature
Cover Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Note on Language Conventions -- Introduction -- 1. Enlightenment: D. T. Suzuki and Philip Kapleau -- 2. Failure: Janwillem van de Wetering, David Chadwick, Natali -- 3. The Two Truths: Myoan Grace Schireson, Clai...
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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La Vergne
University of Virginia Press
2024
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| In: | Year: 2024 |
| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Series/Journal: | Studies in Religion and Culture Series
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
USA
/ Koan
/ Autobiographical literature
/ Zen Buddhism
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| Further subjects: | B
Literature-Criticism and interpretation
B Koan B Autobiography B Zen Buddhism in literature B Literature Criticism and interpretation |
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Volltext (lizenzpflichtig) |
| Parallel Edition: | Non-electronic
Erscheint auch als: 9780813952086 |
| Summary: | Cover Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Note on Language Conventions -- Introduction -- 1. Enlightenment: D. T. Suzuki and Philip Kapleau -- 2. Failure: Janwillem van de Wetering, David Chadwick, Natali -- 3. The Two Truths: Myoan Grace Schireson, Claire Gesshin Gree -- 4. Detachment in Van de Wetering's Afterzen -- 5. Interdependence in the Work of Ruth Ozeki -- 6. Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- Recent books in the series. "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"-- |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (251 pages) |
| ISBN: | 0813952107 |
