In What I Saw in America, G.K. Chesterton delivers a candid and captivating account of his journey through the United States. With keen observation and sharp wit, he offers a thought-provoking commentary on American culture, politics and society, inviting readers to see America through his insightful and humorous lens.
In What I Saw in America, G.K. Chesterton delivers a candid and captivating account of his journey through the United States. With keen observation and sharp wit, he offers a thought-provoking commentary on American culture, politics and society, inviting readers to see America through his insightful and humorous lens.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Gilbert Keith Chesterton, (29 May 1874 - 14 June 1936), was an English writer, poet, philosopher, dramatist, journalist, orator, lay theologian, biographer, and literary and art critic. Chesterton is often referred to as the "prince of paradox".Time magazine has observed of his writing style: "Whenever possible Chesterton made his points with popular sayings, proverbs, allegories-first carefully turning them inside out. Chesterton is well known for his fictional priest-detective Father Brown,[5] and for his reasoned apologetics. Even some of those who disagree with him have recognised the wide appeal of such works as Orthodoxy and The Everlasting Man.[4][6] Chesterton routinely referred to himself as an "orthodox" Christian, and came to identify this position more and more with Catholicism, eventually converting to Catholicism from High Church Anglicanism. George Bernard Shaw, his "friendly enemy", said of him, "He was a man of colossal genius."[4] Biographers have identified him as a successor to such Victorian authors as Matthew Arnold, Thomas Carlyle, Cardinal John Henry Newman, and John Ruskin. Chesterton was born in Campden Hill in Kensington, London, the son of Marie Louise, née Grosjean, and Edward Chesterton.[8][9] He was baptised at the age of one month into the Church of England,[10] though his family themselves were irregularly practising Unitarians.[11]According to his autobiography, as a young man Chesterton became fascinated with the occultand, along with his brother Cecil, experimented with Ouija boards.
Inhaltsangabe
1. What is America? 2. A Meditation in a New York Hotel 3. A Meditation in Broadway 4. Irish and other Interviewers 5. Some American Cities 6. In the American Country 7. The American Business Man 8. Presidents and Problems 9. Prohibition in Fact and Fancy 10. Fads and Public Opinion 11. The Extraordinary American 12. The Republican in the Ruins 13. Is the Atlantic Narrowing? 14. Lincoln and Lost Causes 15. Wells and the World State 16. A New Martin Chuzzlewit 17. The Spirit of America 18. The Spirit of England 19. The Future of Democracy
1. What is America? 2. A Meditation in a New York Hotel 3. A Meditation in Broadway 4. Irish and other Interviewers 5. Some American Cities 6. In the American Country 7. The American Business Man 8. Presidents and Problems 9. Prohibition in Fact and Fancy 10. Fads and Public Opinion 11. The Extraordinary American 12. The Republican in the Ruins 13. Is the Atlantic Narrowing? 14. Lincoln and Lost Causes 15. Wells and the World State 16. A New Martin Chuzzlewit 17. The Spirit of America 18. The Spirit of England 19. The Future of Democracy
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