Zen and the White Whale: A Buddhist Rendering of Moby-Dick

By Daniel Herman

Book Overview

Zen and the White Whale: A Buddhist Rendering of Moby-Dickexamines how Herman Melville's Moby-Dick may have been influenced by contemporaneous sources of information about Buddhist thought and considers the book from a Zen Buddhist perspective, as it is expressed in both ancient and modern teachings.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1611461669
• ISBN13: 9781611461664
• Release Date: October 2015
• Publisher: Lehigh University Press
• Length: 219 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"