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Towards a Christian Literary Theory

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  • © 2003

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Authors:
  1. Luke Ferretter
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Part of the book series: Cross Currents in Religion and Culture (CCRC)

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-viii
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  2. Introduction

    • Luke Ferretter
    Pages 1-5

  3. On Deconstruction

    • Luke Ferretter
    Pages 6-36

  4. On Marxism

    • Luke Ferretter
    Pages 37-82

  5. On Psychoanalysis

    • Luke Ferretter
    Pages 83-99

  6. Hermeneutics

    • Luke Ferretter
    Pages 100-139

  7. Christian Literary Theory

    • Luke Ferretter
    Pages 140-182

  8. Conclusion

    • Luke Ferretter
    Pages 183-190

  9. Back Matter

    Pages 191-221
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About this book

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 used in contemporary cultural analysis.

About the author

LUKE FERRETTER is a British Academy Postdoctoral fellow in English at the University of Cambridge, and a Junior Research Fellow of Wolfson College, Cambridge. He has published several articles on the relations between literary theory and theology, including essays on deconstruction, reception theory, Kristeva, and Augustine.

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