G. K. Chesterton

Heretics (eBook, ePUB)

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Produktbeschreibung

G. K. Chesterton, the "Prince of Paradox," is at his witty best in this collection of twenty essays and articles from the turn of the twentieth century. Focusing on "heretics"those who pride themselves on their superiority to conservative viewsChesterton appraises prominent figures who fall into that category from the literary and art worlds. Luminaries such as Rudyard Kipling, George Bernard Shaw, H. G. Wells, and James McNeill Whistler come under the author's scrutiny, where they meet with equal measures of his characteristic wisdom and good humor.
In addition to incisive assessments of well-known individuals ("Mr. Rudyard Kipling and Making the World Small" and "Mr. H. G. Wells and the Giants"), these essays contain observations on the wider world. "On Sandals and Simplicity," "Science and the Savages," "On Certain Modern Writers and the Institution of the Family," "On Smart Novelists and the Smart Set," and "Slum Novelists and the Slums" reflect the main themes of Chesterton's life's work. Heretics roused the ire of some critics for censuring contemporary philosophies without providing alternatives; the author responded a few years later with a companion volume, Orthodoxy (also available from Dover Publications). Sardonic, jolly, and generous, both books are vintage Chesterton.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Guilford Publications
• Seitenzahl: 176
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. Mai 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780486121284
• Artikelnr.: 39138406

Autorenporträt

Widely known as the "Prince of Paradox," G. K. Chesterton was one of the most influential English writers and thinkers of the 20th century. Chesterton's prodigious talents embraced a wide range of subjects, from philosophy and religion to detective fiction and fantasy. And while his writings are light and whimsical, they are filled with direct and honest truths.

Inhaltsangabe

I. Introductory Remarks on the Importance of Orthodoxy II. On the Negative
Spirit III. On Mr. Rudyard Kipling and Making the World Small IV. Mr.
Bernard Shaw V. Mr. H. G. Wells and the Giants VI. Christmas and the
Æsthetes VII. Omar and the Sacred Vine VIII. The Mildness of the Yellow
Press IX. The Moods of Mr. George Moore X. On Sandals and Simplicity XI.
Science and the Savages XII. Paganism and Mr. Lowes Dickinson XIII. Celts
and Celtophiles XIV. On Certain Modern Writers and the Institution of the
Family XV. On Smart Novelists and the Smart Set XVI. On Mr. McCabe and a
Divine Frivolity XVII. On the Wit of Whistler XVIII. The Fallacy of the
Young Nation XIX. Slum Novelists and the Slums XX. Concluding Remarks on
the Importance of Orthodoxy

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