Zen, Meaning, and Craft in Jane Hirshfield's Poetry: Heartshoots

by Garth J. Mason and Deirdre C. Byrne

Zen, Meaning, and Craft in Jane Hirshfield's Poetry: Heartshoots is the first scholarly volume to be dedicated to the large body of work produced by North American Zen poet, Jane Hirshfield. The volume is co-authored by a Zen Buddhist scholar and a poetry scholar, who are both practicing poets. Its five chapters cover format and structure; three fruitful approaches to the poetry; Zen and the problem of desire; Hirshfield's response to the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1032448938
• ISBN13: 9781032448930
• Release Date: February 2025
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 176 Pages