Cowe, Jennifer

Killing the Buddha: Henry Miller's long journey to Satori

by Cowe, Jennifer

0 Type: Book

Killing the Buddha examines the influence of Zen Buddhism throughout Henry Miller's life and work, specifically charting the evolution of key Buddhist concepts through close readings of his novels, letters and pamphlets.

Killing the Buddha: Henry Miller's long journey to Satori

by Cowe, Jennifer

0 Type: Book

Killing the Buddha examines the influence of Zen Buddhism throughout Henry Miller's life and work, specifically charting the evolution of key Buddhist concepts through close readings of his novels, letters and pamphlets.

The aim of this thesis to is explore the relationship between Henry Miller, Zen Buddhism and how this may offer new ways of reading Miller. By exploring the life-long interest of Miller in Eastern Philosophy I hope to show that far from being the misogynistic, sexual miscreant o…