The awakening of modern Japanese fiction: path literature and an interpretation of Buddhism
A Disciplinary Divide and the Conceptual Framework of the Present Study. Writing Personal Fiction as a Confessional and Religious Practice -- Modern Japanese Writers as Lay Buddhist Practitioners -- Ari no mama as Literary and Buddhist Discourse -- Shin Buddhist Confession and Literary Practice...
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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Albany
State University of New York
2021
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| In: | Year: 2021 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Japan
/ Buddhist literature
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| Further subjects: | B
Japanese fiction Taishō period, 1912-1926
History and criticism
B Buddhist literature History and criticism B Buddhism in literature B Buddhism and literature (Japan) |
| Parallel Edition: | Electronic
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| Summary: | A Disciplinary Divide and the Conceptual Framework of the Present Study. Writing Personal Fiction as a Confessional and Religious Practice -- Modern Japanese Writers as Lay Buddhist Practitioners -- Ari no mama as Literary and Buddhist Discourse -- Shin Buddhist Confession and Literary Practice -- A Shin Buddhist Historical Novel -- The Buddhist Reading of Personal Fiction. Buddhist Words and Buddhist Symbols in Personal Novels -- Literary Representations of Buddhist Funerals -- Conclusion. "Argues that the role of Buddhism in modern Japanese prose literature has been significantly overlooked"-- |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Physical Description: | pages cm |
| ISBN: | 978-1-4384-8141-8 |
