Reply to LaFleur

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Reply to LaFleur

Steven Heine
volume 36
1986
p. 287
(c) by University of Hawaii Press

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p. 287

The Karma of Words will undoubtedly stand as an
original and significant study of the multiple
historical and conceptual connections between
Japanese literature and Buddhist thought. Professor
LaFleur attempts inventively to construct
methodological bridges across terrain long overlooked
in a field somewhat plagued by overspecialization,
without sacrificing familiarity with or sensitivity
to either philosophical/religious or literary
perspectives and attitudes. It was in the larger
context of clarifying the difficulty in establishing
philosophical dialogue between seemingly dispartate
traditions that my comments were made concerning some
aspects of the work's internal continuity as well as
its approach to certain Buddhist themes. I hope that
the creative accomplishments of The Karma of Words
are neither diminished nor concealed by this critical
discussion.