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Named Person: | William Wordsworth; William Wordsworth; William Wordsworth; William (Schriftsteller) Wordsworth |
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Material Type: | Government publication, State or province government publication, Internet resource |
Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
All Authors / Contributors: |
John G Rudy |
ISBN: | 0791429032 9780791429037 0791429040 9780791429044 0585043302 9780585043302 |
OCLC Number: | 32548243 |
Description: | xv, 268 pages ; 24 cm |
Contents: | Introduction: The Purer Mind -- pt. 1. Wordsworthian Capaciousness and Zen Emptiness. 1. Capaciousness as Natural Process. 2. Capaciousness as Receptacle -- pt. 2. Wordsworth's Endless Way and the Tao of Zen. 3. "Stepping Westward" and "The Solitary Reaper" 4. The Alpine Crossing. 5. "The Blind Highland Boy" -- pt. 3. Zen Moods and the Poetry of Emptiness. 6. Sabi: The Spirit of Solitude and Freedom. 7. Wabi: The Spirit of Poverty. 8. Aware: The Spirit of Impermanence. 9. Yugen: The Spirit of Depth. 10. The Lesson of the Conch. Conclusion: Forgetting the Mind. |
Responsibility: | John G. Rudy. |
Abstract:
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". 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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- Wordsworth, William, -- 1770-1850 -- Philosophy.
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- Wordsworth, William, -- 1770-1850.
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