Zen in English Literature and Oriental Classics - Hardcover

Blyth, R. H.

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9780893460020: Zen in English Literature and Oriental Classics

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ISBN 10: 0893460028 ISBN 13: 9780893460020

Publisher: Heian Intl Pub Co, 1942

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Here is a remarkable book on Zen in literature and oriental classics. The author... has applied himself to the painstaking task of searching literature and classics of the East and the West for the gem of the Zen spirit that might be found in it.

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About the Author:

R.H. Blyth was born in London in 1898 and studied English literature at London University. He traveled extensively in the East before moving first to Korea and then Japan and teaching English at several universities. Blyth eventually became the English tutor to the Crown Prince of Japan. He also studied Zen Buddhism under Kayama Taigi Roshi. Blyth was interned during the war years, and it was during this time that he wrote his first book, Zen in English Literature. He went on to write numerous other books on Zen, haiku, senryu, and humor. Blyth was a man whose sensibility took root in two disparate cultures and found a harmony that he beautifully and effectively communicated in his writing.

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