| Description |
1 online resource (xviii, 215 pages) |
| Contents |
Introduction; I: Melville's Encounters with Buddhism; 1 The Prologue to Buddhist Studies; 2 A Universal Absorber; 3 Bayle's Dictionary; 4 Possibilities and Probabilities; 5 Mardi and Other Mysteries; II: Ishmael's Way-Seeking Mind; 6 Groundlessness; 7 Narcissus and Dongshan; 8 Searching for Ishmael; 9 Whaling Life, Monastic Life; 10 Ishmael's Meditation; 11 Impermanence and Interdependence; 12 Philosophy, Koans, and Silence; III: Moby Dick's Inscrutable Selflessness; 13 Sarcastic Science; 14 The First Principle of All Things; 15 Whiteness; 16 The Measurements of the Whale Skeleton |
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17 Ox-HerdingIV: Captain Ahab's Universe; 18 A Factionalized Consciousness; 19 Savagery Beyond Savagery; 20 Faith and the Three Mates; 21 The Doubloon; 22 Pip, Who Jumped from the Whale-Boat; 23 Ahab's Awakening; 24 Pacific; Conclusion; Acknowledgments; Notes; Bibliography; Index; About the Author |
| Summary |
Zen and the White Whale: A Buddhist Rendering of Moby-Dick examines how Herman Melville's Moby-Dick may have been influenced by contemporaneous sources of information about Buddhist thought and considers the book from a Zen Buddhist perspective, as it is expressed in both ancient and modern teachings |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-209) and index |
| Notes |
Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed |
| Subject |
Melville, Herman, 1819-1891. Moby Dick.
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Melville, Herman, 1819-1891 -- Philosophy
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| SUBJECT |
Melville, Herman, 1819-1891 fast |
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Moby Dick (Melville, Herman) fast |
| Subject |
Zen Buddhism in literature.
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- American -- General.
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Philosophy
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Zen Buddhism in literature
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2021675439 |
| ISBN |
9781611461572 |
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161146157X |
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