Towards a Christian Literary Theory

by Luke Ferretter

Book Overview

Most modern literary theory is explicitly anti-theological. This book states the case for a contemporary literary theory whose principles derive from Christian theology. Ferretter argues that it remains rationally and ethically legitimate to use theological language in literary theory despite the objections to such a theory posed by deconstruction, Marxism and psychoanalysis. He concludes with an assessment of how such a theory can be formulated and...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0333964217
• ISBN13: 9780333964217
• Release Date: December 2002
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 221 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.6" x 9.0"