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Author:

Garton-Gundling, Kyle, author.

Title:

Enlightened individualism : Buddhism and Hinduism in American literature from the Beats to the present / Kyle Garton-Gundling.

Publisher:

The Ohio State University Press,

Copyright Date:

2019

Description:

viii, 217 pages ; 24 cm.

Subject:

American literature--20th century--History and criticism.
Buddhism in literature.
Hinduism in literature.
Beats (Persons) in literature.
Literature and transnationalism.
American literature.
Beats (Persons) in literature.
Buddhism in literature.
Hinduism in literature.
Literature and transnationalism.
1900-1999
Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-207) and index.

Contents:

Introduction -- Beat Buddhism and American freedom : Allen Ginsberg, Gary Snyder, Jack Kerouac, and Tom Robbins -- Anti-Beat reactions and mainstream mysticism : J.D. Salinger's Franny and Zooey and Robert Pirsig's Zen and the art of motorcycle maintenance -- Secret rituals and American autonomy : Thomas Pynchon's Vineland and Don DeLillo's Underworld -- Asian religions and African dreams : Alice Walker and Charles Johnson -- Buddhist nonself and Asian American identity : lan Cao's Monkey bridge and Maxine Hong Kingston's The fifth book of peace -- Postscript.

Summary:

"Exploration of how post-1945 American writers, including Jack Kerouac, Alice Walker, and Maxine Hong Kingston, have tried to reconcile US goal-oriented individualism with Buddhist and Hindu transcendent teachings"-- Provided by publisher.

Series:

Literature, religion, and postsecular studies

ISBN:

0814213928
9780814213926

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1048948799

LCCN:

2018048090

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)