Buddhist (Post) Modernism in Robert Hass's Early Poetry and Poetics: "The Fullness of Desire"

This book is the first sustained scholarly effort to analyze reflections of Far Eastern, especially Buddhist-inspired, aesthetics, culture, and philosophy in the poetry and criticism of Robert Hass. Three main concerns of his work can be examined through Hass's reception of Buddhist ideas.

Autorentext

Lutz Stichl, currently vice principal of St. Michael-Gymnasium Bad Münstereifel, studied History and English at RWTH Aachen University. He worked at RWTH Aachen University, Department of English, American, and Romance Studies, at Städtisches Gymnasium Rheinbach, and as a consultant to the Köln District Government. His PhD thesis has been awarded the Borchers' Plaque 2025.

Inhalt

Review of Research: Towards a Comprehensive Study of Hass's Oeuvre - Hass's Buddhist Modernist Vision of Nature and Self - Toward a Buddhist Postmodernism