"The cross-cultural, comparative, and interdisciplinary orientation of Literature, Religion, and East/West Comparison is as timely as it is original. The volume sheds new light upon the important but heretofore neglected overlappings between two...
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"The cross-cultural, comparative, and interdisciplinary orientation of Literature, Religion, and East/West Comparison is as timely as it is original. The volume sheds new light upon the important but heretofore neglected overlappings between two major areas of contemporary humanistic inquiry: the relations between literature and religion, and those between Eastern and Western literatures. The editor's introduction authoritatively summarizes the historical development of the scholarly disciplines associated with these two areas, paying special attention to the seminal and representative contributions made to both by the volume's eminent honoree, Anthony C. Yu, of the University of Chicago. The thirteen essays, concentrating upon a rich selection of Chinese and Western texts, are unified by a concern with furthering the exploration of both areas of research, and with strengthening the connections between them."--BOOK JACKET.
