Product Description: In this book, Herman argues that Herman Melville may have been aware of Buddhist thought far earlier than previously considered. Scholars have long known of Melville’s interest in Buddhism in the final decades of his life (seen in the short poem “Buddha,” and perhaps even the surname of his final protagonist, Billy “Budd”)...read more

Product Description: This study focuses on the ways in which Emerson's spiritual and philosophical concerns overlap with Zen and in the ways that Zen can help in understanding Emerson's work. (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: 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 underlines" the great whole of life...read more

Product Description: This is a penetrating study of the striking parallels between the work of Scottish novelist Neil Gunn and Eastern thought, particularly those of Zen Buddhism and Taoism. All of his books are crucially concerned with man's archetypal quest for wisdom and freedom...read more

Product Description: Applies an understanding of Zen Buddhism to the 'absurdity' of Beckett, which is seen as an expression of deepest spiritual anguish.

Product Description: Book by Rosen, Gerald