Han Shan, Chan Buddhism And Gary Snyder's Ecopoetic Way by Joan Qionglin Tan

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This book is a comparative study of the ninth-century Chinese poet Han Shan (Cold Mountain) and Gary Snyder, an American poet and environmental activist. Author Joan Tan explains how Chan Buddhism has the potential to be recognized as an important voice in contemporary ecopoetry. Chan/Zen theory is employed as aesthetic criteria to explicate the dual discourses spiritual and aesthetic which exist in Han Shans and Snyder's work. Snyder's goal of establishing one ecosystem for all communities encouraged him to adopt Han Shan as an ideal model and Chan Buddhism as a global subculture representing environmental values. The book investigates how Snyder interweaves Chinese cultural sources in an eclectic way to impose a sense of place, a sense of mission, and a sense of energy in his ecopoetry. His unique ideogrammatic method riprapping (developed as a result of his literary indebtedness to the Oriental tradition) makes for a forceful statement on contemporary ecology. Through Snyde

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