{"product_id":"the-emergence-of-buddhist-american-john-whalen-bridge-9781438426549","title":"The Emergence of Buddhist American Literature","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLooks at Buddhist influences in American literature and how literature has shaped the reception of Buddhism in North America.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe encounter between Buddhism and American literature has been a powerful one for both parties. While Buddhism fueled the Beat movement's resounding critique of the United States as a spiritually dead society, Beat writers and others have shaped how Buddhism has been presented to and perceived by a North American audience. Contributors to this volume explore how Asian influences have been adapted to American desires in literary works and Buddhist poetics, or how Buddhist practices emerge in literary works. Starting with early aesthetic theories of Ernest Fenollosa, made famous but also distorted by Ezra Pound, the book moves on to the countercultural voices associated with the Beat movement and its friends and heirs such as Ginsberg, Kerouac, Snyder, Giorno, Waldman, and Whalen. The volume also considers the work of contemporary American writers of color influenced by Buddhism, such as Maxine Hong Kingston, Charles Johnson, and Lan Cao. An interview with Kingston is included.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e John Whalen-Bridge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1438426542\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781438426549\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e State University of New York Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/01\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 267\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.90lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.80d","brand":"John Whalen-Bridge","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47419495186687,"sku":"9781438426549","price":34.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_9056891a-936a-47d1-9a9d-9a4d5b44e97c.jpg?v=1761511891","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-emergence-of-buddhist-american-john-whalen-bridge-9781438426549","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}