Encountering Buddhism in Twentieth-Century British and American Literature

Name: Encountering Buddhism in Twentieth-Century British and American Literature
Brand: Bloomsbury 3PL
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Encountering Buddhism in Twentieth-Century British and American Literature explores the ways in which 20th-century literature has been influenced by Buddhism, and has been, in turn, a major factor in bringing about Buddhism's increasing spread and influence in the West. Focussing on Britain and the United States, Buddhism's influence on a range of key literary texts will be examined in the context of those societies' evolving modernity. Writers discussed include T. S. Eliot, Hermann Hesse, Virginia Woolf, Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg, J. D. Salinger, Iris Murdoch, Maxine Hong Kingston. This book brings together for the first time a series of context-rich interpretations that demonstrate the importance of literature in this ongoing cultural change in Britain and the United States.

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Edition:: 1
Number of Pages:: 250
Release Date:: 2013-10-24
Publication Date:: 2013-10-24
Publisher:: Bloomsbury 3PL
Languages:: Original: English
ISBN10:: 1441184767
ISBN13:: 9781441184764
Weight:: 543 g
Height:: 161 cm
Width:: 240 cm
Thickness:: 18 cm

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