The Emergence of Buddhist American Literature

John Whalen-Bridge

Description

The 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.
Foreword by Maxine Hong Kingston

Acknowledgments

Introduction
John Whalen-Bridge and Gary Storhoff

PART I. Literature as Vehicle: Transmission and Transformation

1. The Emptiness of Patterned Flux: Ernest Fenollosa’s Buddhist Essay “The Chinese Written Character as a Medium for Poetry”
Jonathan Stalling

2. Gary Snyder’s Selective Way to Cold Mountain: Domesticating Han Shan
Yuemin He

3. John Giorno: Buddhism, Poetry, and Transgression
Marcus Boon

4. Buddhadharma and Poetry without Credentials
Michael Heller

PART II. Zen, Vajrayana, and the Avant-Garde: A Pluralistic Poetics

5. Finger Pointing at the Moon: Zen and the Poetry of Philip Whalen
Jane Falk

6. Keeping the Vision Alive: The Buddhist Stillpoint in the Work of Jack Kerouac and Allen Ginsberg
Erik Mortenson

7. Illumination through the Cracks: The Melting Down of Conventional Socio-Religious Thought and Practice in the Work of Gary Snyder
Tom Lavazzi

8. The American Poetic Diamond Vehicle: Allen Ginsberg and Anne Waldman Re-Work Vajrayana Buddhism
Jane Augustine

PART III. Widening the Circle: Buddhism and American Writers of Color

9. Buddhism, the Chinese Religion, and the Ceremony of Writing: An Interview with Maxine Hong Kingston
John Whalen-Bridge

10. A Bridge between Two Worlds: Crossing to America in Monkey Bridge
Hanh Nguyen and R. C. Lutz

11 ‘Opening the Hand of Thought’: The Meditative Mind in Charles Johnson’s Dr. King’s Refrigerator
Gary Storhoff

Afterword
Charles Johnson

List of Contributers
Index

Sujets

• USA
• United States of America
• Buddhism
• États-Unis

Informations

• Publié par: State University of New York Press
• Date de parution: 11 juin 2009
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781438426594
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 2 Mo

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THE EMERGENCE OF BUDDHIST AMERICAN LITERATURE

SUNY series in Buddhism and American Culture

Jo WàéBîgé à Gày Soo,edîors

The Emergence of Buddhist American Literature

E D I T E D B Y JOHN WHALEN-BRIDGE GARY STORHOFF

Foreword by Maxine Hong Kingston and Afterword by Charles Johnson

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© 2009 Sàé Uîvéŝîy o Néw Yok

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Pîé î é Uîé Sàéŝ o Aéîçà

No pà o îŝ book ày bé ûŝé o époûçé î ày àé wàŝoévé wîoû wîé péîŝŝîo. No pà o îŝ book ày bé ŝoé î à éîévà ŝyŝéo àŝîé î ày o o by ày éàŝ îçûîg ééçoîç, ééçoŝàîç, àgéîç àpé, éçàîçà, pooçopyîg, éçoîg, o oéwîŝé wîoû é pîo péîŝŝîo î wîîg o é pûbîŝé.

Fo îoàîo, çoàç Sàé Uîvéŝîy o Néw Yok Péŝŝ, Abày, NY www.sunypress.edu

Poûçîo by Dîàé Gàééŝ Màkéîg by Mîçàé Càpoçîào

Library of Congress CataloginginPublication Data é éégéçé o Bûîŝ Aéîçà îéàûé / éîé by Jo WàéBîgé à Gày Soo ; oéwo by Màxîé og Kîgŝo ; àéwo by Càéŝ Joŝo.  p. ç. — (Sûy ŝéîéŝ î Bûîŝ à Aéîçà çûûé)  ïçûéŝ bîbîogàpîçà éééçéŝ à îéx.  ïSBN 9781438426532 (àçové : àk. pàpé)  1. Aéîçà îéàûé—Bûîŝ àûoŝ—îŝoy à çîîçîŝ. 2. Aéîçà îéàûé—20 çéûy—îŝoy à çîîçîŝ. 3. Aéîçà îéàûé—Bûîŝ î ûéçéŝ. 4. Bûîŝ î îéàûé. 5. Bûîŝ à îéàûé—Uîé Sàéŝ. ï. WàéBîgé, Jo, 1961– ïï. Soo, Gày, 1947–  PS153.B83E44 2009  810.9’382943—ç22 2008034847

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Jon Walen-Brîdge would lîke o dedîcae îs work oné Eégéçé o Bûîŝ Aéîçà Lîéàûé o îs wo sons, omas and Wîllîam.

Gary Soro would lîke o dedîcae îs work on îs volume o ose wo ave aug îm e Buddîs prîncîple o e wondrous naure o everyday lîe: îs wîe, Lînda; îs dauger, Danîelle; and îs son, Wesley.

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Zé, Vàjàyàà, à é AvàGàé: A Pûàîŝîç Poéîçŝ

5 Fîgé Poîîg à é Moo: Zé à é Poéy o Pîîp Wàé Jane Falk

6 Kéépîg Vîŝîo Aîvé: é Bûîŝ Sîpoî î é Wok o Jàçk Kéoûàç à Aé Gîŝbég Erîk Morenson

7 ïûîàîo oûg é Càçkŝ: é Méîg Dow o Covéîoà SoçîoRéîgîoûŝ oûg à Pàçîçé î é Wok o Gày Syé om Lavazzî

8 é Aéîçà Poéîç Dîào Véîçé: Aé Gîŝbég à Aé Wàà RéWok Vàjàyàà Bûîŝ Jane Augusîne

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9 Bûîŝ, é Cîéŝé Réîgîo, à é Cééoy o Wîîg: A ïévîéw wî Màxîé og Kîgŝo Jon Walen-Brîdge

10 A Bîgé béwéé wo Woŝ: Coŝŝîg o Aéîçà îMonkey Brîdge Han Nguyen and R. C. Luz

11 ‘Opéîg é à o oûg’: é Méîàîvé Mî î Càéŝ Joŝo’ŝDr. Kîng’s Rerîgeraor and Oer Bedîme Sorîes Gary Soro

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