Format:
1 Online-Ressource
ISBN:
9781837642564
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1837642567
Content:
Presents a comparative study of the ninth-century Chinese poet and recluse Han Shan (Cold Mountain) and Gary Snyder, an American poet and environmental activist. This book explains how Chan Buddhism has the potential to be recognized as an important voice in contemporary ecopoetry
Note:
Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations and Notes -- List of Tables -- Introduction -- 1 Chan, Ecology and Ecology -- Chan, Mind and Nature -- The Aesthetics of Chan and Chan Poetry -- Chan: the Sustainable Voice in Contemporary Ecopoetry -- 2 Han Shan's Poetic Way to Cold Mountain -- Han Shan's Spiritual Quest for Chan Enlightenment -- Oneness: Persona, Nature and Mind in Han Shan's Chan Poems -- Artistic Techniques of Nature-Chan Images -- The Status and Influence of Han Shan and His Cold Mountain Poems -- 3 Han Shan: Gary Snyder's Chinese Mythical Model -- The Early Zest for Chan/Zen and Chinese Poetry -- The Translation of Han Shan's Cold Mountain Poems -- The Experimental Practice of Han Shan, Chan and Cold Mountain Poems -- 4 Han Shan, Chan and Ecology in Gary Snyder's Ecopoetry -- Place: Plants, Animals and Land -- Work: Body, Practice and Mind -- Energy: Emptiness, Compassion and Enlightenment -- 5 Gary Snyder: An Exemplary Representative of an American Han Shan -- 'Moving the World a Millionth of an Inch' -- Han Shan, Gary Snyder and Jack Kerouac's The Dharma Bums -- 'A Bit of a Han Shan Spirit' -- Conclusion -- Appendix -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index.
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781845193416
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1845193415
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9781845193416
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1845193415
Language:
English
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