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Article: Religion and fly fishing: taking Norman Maclean seriously.
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- Renascence: Essays on Values in Literature
- Article date:
- June 22, 1997
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That there are allusions to religion in Norman Maclean's "A River Runs Through It" can come as no surprise to anyone who reads the first sentence of the story: "In our family there was no clear line between religion and fly fishing" (Maclean 1).(1) Yet in explicating the function of religion in this story, even the most astute of Norman Maclean's critics do not go much beyond identifying these allusions to religion.(2) What has been ignored in critical readings of this story is the interplay between religion and fly fishing. In fact, the narrator's prominent declaration of this interplay distinguishes Maclean's story from other notable texts on fishing and life outdoors. ...
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