TY  - BOOK
AU  - Detweiler,Robert
TI  - Breaking the fall: religious readings of contemporary fiction 
AV  - PN98.D483.B743 1996 
PY  - 1996///
CY  - Louisville, Kentucky
PB  - Westminster John Knox Press
KW  - Religion in literature
KW  - Religion and literature
KW  - Fiction
KW  - History and criticism
KW  - Literature, Modern
KW  - 20th century
N1  - Originally published: Great Britain : Macmillan Press, 1989; 1 (pages 192-194) and index; 2
N2  - Modern literary criticism has virtually neglected to interpret contemporary narrative fiction, poetry, and drama from a distinctly religious perspective. In this book, Robert Detweiler, the premier exponent of theology-based literary criticism, redresses this lack by presenting a clear and comprehensive study of religious themes in contemporary fiction. He applies the latest critical treatments to the study of religious themes in various works, including works by Margaret Atwood, Jorge Luis Borges, Annie Dillard, Franz Kafka, Milan Kundera, Walker Percy, and John Updike. By doing so, he keenly demonstrates that there are many ways to conduct a religious reading of a text
ER  -