Breaking the Fall

Description

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.

First Sentence

In a story entitled 'The Hitchhiking Game' the Czech writer Milan Kundera describes a young couple setting out for their two-week vacation in the Tatras Mountains.

Subjects

Other Editions

• Breaking the Fall: Religious Readings of Contemporary FictionWestminster John Knox Press1995-12-01
• Breaking the fallHarper & Row1989-01-01
• Breaking the fallMacmillan1989-01-01
• Breaking the fallWestminster John Knox Press1996-01-01