%0 Journal Article %T Inspire, Expire: Masculinity, Mortality and Meaning in Tim Winton¡¯s Breath %A Roie Thomas %J Journal of Men, Masculinities and Spirituality %D 2010 %I %X Tim Winton¡¯s latest novel and winner of the Miles Franklin award Breath (2009) is investigated here within a framework of theistic existentialism alongside a critique of masculinities in the Australian context. This novel presents a particular take on hegemonic masculinity and this dovetails neatly, I argue, with a continuum of spiritual consciousness and responsiveness drawn up by Danish creative writer and theological maverick, S ren Kierkegaard (1811-1855). %U http://www.jmmsweb.org/issues/volume4/number2/pp54-65