Wordsworth and the Zen mind : the poetry of self-emptying
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Wordsworth and the Zen mind : the poetry of self-emptying
State University of New York Press, c1996
- : pbk.
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Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 247-258) and index
Description and Table of Contents
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 underlies "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.
Table of Contents
Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction:The Purer Mind
Part One:
Wordsworthian Capaciousness and Zen Emptiness
Introduction to Part One
1. Capaciousness as Natural Process
2. Capaciousness as Receptacle
Part Two:
Wordsworth's Endless Way and the Tao of Zen
Introduction to Part Two
3."Stepping Westward" and "The Solitary Reaper"
4. The Alpine Crossing
5. "The Blind Highland Boy"
Part Three:
Zen Moods and the Poetry of Emptiness
Introduction to Part Three
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
Notes
Bibliography
Index
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