{"product_id":"wordsworth-and-the-zen-mind","title":"Wordsworth and the Zen Mind","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eStudies Wordsworth in the context of Zen thought and art.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"State University of New York Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54410654220632,"sku":"9780791429044","price":34.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780791429044.jpg?v=1777897857","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/wordsworth-and-the-zen-mind","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}