Enlightened Individualism
Subtitle: Buddhism and Hinduism in American Literature from the Beats to the Present
Publisher: Ohio State University Press
Published: Mar 14, 2019
Language: eng
Format: hardcover
Number of pages: 228
ISBN-13: 9780814213926
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"--
Notes: Source title: Enlightened Individualism: Buddhism and Hinduism in American Literature from the Beats to the Present (Literature, Religion, & Postsecular Stud)