The Karma of Words
Subtitle: Buddhism and the Literary Arts in Medieval Japan
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: May 8, 1986
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 232
ISBN-13: 9780520056220
Subjects: Buddhism; Literary studies: classical, early & medieval; Japanese literature; Civilization, Medieval, in literature; Literature - Classics / Criticism; Japanese; Religion; Asian - Japanese; History / Asia; Buddhism in literature; 1185-1600; History and criticism; Japan
First sentence: SOME OF THE world's poetry and prose seems to have such directness and simplicity that, even when translated from one language to another or from one epoch to another, it seems clear and compelling.