Awakening of Modern Japanese Fiction - Path Literature and an Interpretation of Buddhism

Argues that the role of Buddhism in modern Japanese prose literature has been significantly overlooked.

About the author

Michihiro Ama is Karashima Tsukasa Associate Professor of Japanese Language and Culture at the University of Montana. He is the author of Immigrants to the Pure Land: The Modernization, Acculturation, and Globalization of Shin Buddhism, 1898–1941.

Product details

• Authors: Michihiro Ama, Ama Michihiro
• Publisher: State University of New York Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.07.2021
• EAN: 9781438481425
• ISBN: 978-1-4384-8142-5
• No. of pages: 354
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 25 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > Other languages / Other literatures; Japan, RELIGION / Buddhism / General, RELIGION / Buddhism / History, Buddhism, LITERARY CRITICISM / Asian / Japanese, History of Religion, Literature: history & criticism, Literature: history and criticism