<i>The Dharma Bums</i>: A (Fictional) Pseudo-Buddhist Hagiography, or a Pseudo-<i>ojoden</i>

This paper analyses Jack Kerouac’s brief but intense conversion to American pseudo-Buddhism and the artistic effect of this biographical development, arguing that his conversion was total from a spiritual point of view and that its almost immediate effect was the production of a literary piece which...

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Main Author: Ovidiu Matiu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2024-01-01
Series:Religions
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1444/15/2/148