Jane Austen and the Buddha

Teachers of Enlightenment

Kathryn Duncan (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

200 Seiten

2021
Toplight Books (Verlag)
9781476685830 (ISBN)

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In this book, Austen fans or those who wish for a deeper understanding of how stories can alleviate suffering will discover a combination of psychology and Buddhism alongside accessible close readings of Austen. This unique approach offers insight into Austen's enduring popularity and lessons we might apply to our own lives to find happiness.

Jane Austen wrote six books that were published at the beginning of the 19th century, all with happy endings. Yet below the courtship novels' sparkling wit and dance scenes flows an undercurrent of suffering. Austen had a deep understanding of the sources and cure for suffering that shares much in common with Buddhism. Though not intentionally writing through the lens of Buddhism, Austen intuitively understood the Buddha's most fundamental teaching of the Four Noble Truths: that life contains suffering, that we can discover the causes of suffering, and that we can stop suffering by following the Eightfold Path described by the Buddha. In this book, Austen fans or those who wish for a deeper understanding of how stories can alleviate suffering will discover a combination of psychology and Buddhism alongside accessible close readings of Austen. This unique approach offers insight into Austen's enduring popularity and lessons we might apply to our own lives to find happiness--just like Austen's heroines.

Kathryn Duncan is an English professor at Saint Leo University in St. Leo, Florida, and has written about pirates, Methodism, and Austen.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

Preface

Introduction

One. Why Stories Matter: The Evolution and Narrative of Anxiety

Two. A Buddhist Solution

Three. Pride and Prejudice and Poison

Four. Sense and Sensibility and Love

Five. The Secret to the Happy Ending: Compassion in Jane Austen’s Emma

Six. Catherine as Child of Nature in the Consumer Culture of Northanger Abbey

Seven. Powerful, Not Poor: Fanny Price as Bodhisattva

Eight. Persuasion: Why I Didn’t Want to Be Anne Elliot and Why I Now Aspire to Be Her

Conclusion

Epilogue

Chapter Notes

Bibliography

Index

Erscheinungsdatum	01.12.2021
Zusatzinfo	notes, bibliography, index
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	272 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Buddhismus
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft
ISBN-13	9781476685830 / 9781476685830
Zustand	Neuware