You might also like

More about Encountering Buddhism in Twentieth-Century British and American Literature

• Book details
• Synopsis
• Trending among others

You get 448 loyalty points

Book synopsis

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.

Book details

Book category Books in English Literature & literary studies Literature: history & criticism Literary studies: general

• Full title: Encountering Buddhism in Twentieth-Century British and American Literature
• Author: Lawrence Normand
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardback
• Number of pages: 224
• EAN: 9781441184764
• ISBN: 1441184767
• ID: 01343749
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
• Weight: 531 g
• Dimensions: 234 × 156 × 18 mm
• Date of publishing: 24. October 2013

Trending among others

---

---

---