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

by Daniel Herman (Author)

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

Author Biography

Daniel Herman is adjunct professor of English at the University of San Francisco.