Zen and the White Whale - Hardcover

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 teaches American literature at San Francisco State University and the University of San Francisco.