Beat Buddhism and American freedom: Allen Ginsberg, Gary Snyder, Jack Kerouac, and Tom Robbins -- Anti-Beat reactions and mainstream mysticism: J.D. Salinger's Franny and Zooey and Robert Pirsig's Zen and the art of motorcycle maintenance -- Secret rituals and American autonomy:…
Buddhism and Hinduism have spread in the US largely through texts and are now recognizable facets of American literature and culture. But the US has defined itself through goal-oriented individualism, whereas Buddhism and Hinduism teach that individuality is a delusion and thus …
"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"--
"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"--