Wordsworth and the Zen Mind: The Poetry of Self-Emptying - Softcover

Rudy, John G.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0791429040 ISBN 13: 9780791429044

Verlag: SUNY Press, 1996

Inhaltsangabe

Studies Wordsworth in the context of Zen thought and art. This book demonstrates that Zen thought and art provide both a generative and a formative context for understanding the spirituality of the English poet William Wordsworth (1770-1850). Combining methods of modern literary scholarship with the philosophical initiatives of the Kyoto School, the text crosses disciplines as well as cultures, offering a nonmonotheistic, nonpantheistic philosophical ground upon which to study what Wordsworth calls the "tranquil soul" and "the one Presence" that underlies "the great whole of life." Anticipating a variety of audiences, the discourse progresses from general, introductory level discussions of Zen philosophy and literature to the more technical philosophical idiom of the Kyoto School, employing intertextual readings of a variety of Wordsworthian and Zen documents to broaden and deepen the East-West dialogue as it has been unfolding since the pioneering work of D. T. Suzuki and Kitaro Nishida. An important aspect of this study is its twofold purpose: to situate Wordsworth more centrally in the evolving global community of intercultural and interreligious communication and to demonstrate the unique flexibility and universality of Zen as a medium of spiritual growth and aesthetic understanding.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

John G. Rudy is Professor of English at Indiana University Kokomo.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: SUNY Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1996
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0791429040
• ISBN 13: 9780791429044
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 288
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Nicht verfügbar
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