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.
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"Argues that the role of Buddhism in modern Japanese prose literature has been significantly overlooked"-- Provided by publisher.
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