{"product_id":"the-face-of-the-buddha-william-empson-9780199659678","title":"The Face of the Buddha","description":"Taking up a teaching appointment in Tokyo in 1931, the English poet and literary critic William Empson found himself captivated by the Buddhist sculptures of ancient Japan, and spent the years that followed in search of similar examples all over Korea, China, Cambodia, Burma, India, and Ceylon, as well as in the great museums of the West. Compiling the results of these wide-ranging travels into what he considered to be one of his most important works, Empson was heartbroken when he mislaid the sole copy of the manuscript in the wake of the Second World War. \u003cem\u003eThe Face of the Buddha\u003c\/em\u003e remained one of the great lost books until its surprise rediscovery sixty years later, and is published here for the first time. The book provides an engaging record of Empson's reactions to the cultures and artworks he encountered during his travels, and presents experimental theories about Buddhist art that many authorities of today have found to be remarkably prescient. It also casts important new light on Empson's other works, highlighting in particular the affinities of his thinking with that of the religious and philosophical traditions of Asia. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEdited by the global culture historian Rupert Arrowsmith, this edition comes with a comprehensive introduction that makes \u003cem\u003eThe Face of the Buddha\u003c\/em\u003e as accessible to the general reader as it is to the professional scholar, and is fully illustrated throughout with Empson's original photographs.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e William Empson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0199659672\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780199659678\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/02\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.45lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.70h x 7.50w x 0.80d","brand":"William Empson","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47001093013759,"sku":"9780199659678","price":66.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_4bbbce9e-8550-4612-815e-9b13e6133c2a.jpg?v=1751600043","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-face-of-the-buddha-william-empson-9780199659678","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}