 Kipling's reputation declined during his lifetime, but more recently postcolonial studies has "rekindled an intense interest in his work, viewing it as both symptomatic and critical of imperialist attitudes".Strongly influenced by his Christian faith, G. K. Chesterton was a prolific and hugely influential writer with a diverse output.His best-known character is the priest-detective Father Brown, who appeared only in short stories, while "The Man Who Was Thursday" published in 1908 is arguably his best-known novel.