An edition of Enlightened Individualism (2019)

Enlightened Individualism

Buddhism and Hinduism in American Literature from the Beats to the Present

By Kyle Garton-Gundling

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Publish Date

Mar 14, 2019

Publisher

Ohio State University Press

Language

eng

Pages

228

Description:

"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"--

subjects: American literature, history and criticism, 20th century, American literature, History and criticism, Buddhism in literature, Hinduism in literature, Beats (Persons) in literature, Literature and transnationalism, Buddhismus, Hinduismus, Literatur