Abstract

CHAVES, José Ricardo. Buddha's Life written in Spanish (1890-1920). Acta poét [online]. 2012, vol.33, n.2, pp.77-94. ISSN 2448-735X.

In this essay, the author develops the early reception of the Buddha's legend in the Spanish language, beginning with writers classified as "Modernistas", from the last decade of the 19th century, to the book of José Vasconcelos Estudios indostánicos (Indostanic Studies) (1920), that tried to overcome the biographic and cultural faults of his predecessors by means of a more academic work.

Keywords : Buddhism; hispanic Modernismo; Buddha's legend.