This 1952 book is an inquiry into the relations in origin between literature and inspiration, based on a study of the practices of seers in modern communities w

Addresses the relationship between the language of ritual and poetic language

The books of the Latter Prophets have traditionally been treated as persuasive speeches, and interpreted according to their rhetoric. At the same time, interpre

This book argues that the most profound and far-reaching effects of Buddhism on Chinese culture occurred at the level of practice, specifically in religious rit