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Chesterton, G. K. - (Gilbert Keith Chesterton), 1874–1936, English author. Conservative, even reactionary, in his thinking, Chesterton was a convert (1922) to Roman Catholicism and its champion. He has been called the "prince of paradox" because his dogma is often hidden beneath a light, energetic, and whimsical style. A prolific writer, Chesterton wrote studies of Browning

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The Autobiography of G. K. Chesterton » Read Now
by G. K. Chesterton. 360 pgs.

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The Man Who Was Thursday: A Nightmare » Read Now
by Gilbert Keith Chesterton. 282 pgs.

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...THE WORLDS BEST BOOKS THE MAN WHO WAS THURSDAY -ii- THE MAN WHO WAS THURSDAY A NIGHTMARE BY GILBERT KEITH CHESTERTON BONI AND LIVERIGHT, INC. PUBLISHERS NEW YORK Printed in...
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The Innocence of Father Brown » Read Now
by G. K. Chesterton. 334 pgs.

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...BERNARD SHAW THE BALL AND THE CROSS THE NAPOLEON OF NOTTING HILL THE INNOCENCE OF FATHER BROWN BY G. K. CHESTERTON ILLUSTRATIONS BY WILL F. FOSTER NEW YORK JOHN LANE...
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G.K. Chesterton: Philosopher without Portfolio » Read Now
by Quentin S. J. Lauer. 192 pgs.

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...G. K. CHESTERTON G. K. CHESTERTON PHILOSOPHER WITHOUT PORTFOLIO QUENTIN S. J. LAUER...INDEX NOMINUM 181 INDEX RERUM 183 G. K. CHESTERTON INTRODUCTION IT MIGHT VERY WELL be...
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Gilbert Keith Chesterton » Read Now
by Maisie E. Ward. 578 pgs.

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...GILBERT KEITH CHESTERTON G. K. Chesterton From a photograph by...Surrender," from Collected Poems of G. K. Chesterton . Messrs. Hutchinson Co. Ltd., for various extracts...
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Chesterton, Man and Mask » Read Now
by Garry Wills. 243 pgs.

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...thorough and scholarly book, G. K. Chesterton, A Bibliography Barnes and...from the following works by G. K. Chesterton reprinted by permission of Dodd...from The Collected...
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Modern Christian Revolutionaries: An Introduction to the Lives and Thought of: Kierkegaard, Eric Gill, G. K. Chesterton, C. F. Andrews and Berdyaev » Read Now
by Donald Attwater. 392 pgs.

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To Promote, Defend, and Redeem: The Catholic Literary Revival and the Cultural Transformation of American Catholicism, 1920-1960 ("Chesterton and Orthodoxy" begins on pg. 71) » Read Now
by Arnold Sparr. 226 pgs.

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The Catholic literary revival in America refers both to the impact of the modern resurgence in European Catholic thought and letters upon the American Church between 1920 and 1960, and to efforts by American Catholic leaders to induce a similar flowering in their own country. Sparr examines those...
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The Catholic literary revival in America refers both to the impact of the modern resurgence in European Catholic thought and letters upon the American Church between 1920 and 1960, and to efforts by American Catholic leaders to induce a similar flowering in their own country. Sparr examines those areas of Catholic thought and culture that most concerned educated American Catholics, critics, and cultural leaders between 1920 and 1960: the renaissance in Catholic literary, theological, philosophical, and social thought; its application to modern problems; and the growth and development of the 20th century Catholic novel.
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War and the Illiberal Conscience (Chap. 1 "G. K. Chesterton and the English Tradition") » Read Now
by Christopher Coker. 242 pgs.

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War & the Illiberal Conscience focuses on two central themes. The first (& larger) section studies the revolt against liberalism: the challenge of German philosophical ideas between 1890 & 1945, namely antipositivism, which ended with the postwar occupation of Germany by the Allies, & the challenge...
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War & the Illiberal Conscience focuses on two central themes. The first (& larger) section studies the revolt against liberalism: the challenge of German philosophical ideas between 1890 & 1945, namely antipositivism, which ended with the postwar occupation of Germany by the Allies, & the challenge of Marxism, an illiberal version of positivism that also ended in defeat-the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991. In the latter part of the study, the argument is extended to look at the end of the story, at the extent to which, in triumphing over its enemies, the liberal world-although still convinced of the truth of its own principles-no longer seems enthusiastic about acting on those principles. The liberal conscience no longer spurs it to action. In our postmodern world, the author argues, it makes cowards of us all.
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Scrutinies by Various Writers (Chap. 3 "G. K. Chesterton") » Read Now
by Edgell Rickword. 197 pgs.

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...by Edwin Muir 15 3. G. K. CHESTERTON , by Dorothy Edwards 29...present generation. EDWIN MUIR. Three G. K. CHESTERTON Three G. K. CHESTERTON by DOROTHY EDWARDS I Do not...
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Writers and Philosophers: A Sourcebook of Philosophical Influences on Literature » Read Now
by Edmund J. Thomas, Eugene G. Miller. 276 pgs.

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This book provides strong guidance to teachers and students of literature that gives them a greater understanding of the philosophical influences on more than 100 major literary figures. The text describes philosophical influences reflected in their writings as well as references to philosophical...
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This book provides strong guidance to teachers and students of literature that gives them a greater understanding of the philosophical influences on more than 100 major literary figures. The text describes philosophical influences reflected in their writings as well as references to philosophical works that are known to have played a part in their intellectual and aesthetic development.
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Encyclopedia of the Essay ("Chesterton, G. K." begins on pg. 174) » Read Now
by Tracy Chevalier. 1004 pgs.

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The Encyclopedia of the Essay is the first reference work entirely devoted to the essay as a genre.
Coverage begins with Montaigne, the first essayist, and stretches forward to Addison and Steele, The Spectator and The Tatler, Marivaux, William Hazlitt, Jose Ortega y Gasset, Robert Musil, Theodor...
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The Encyclopedia of the Essay is the first reference work entirely devoted to the essay as a genre.
Coverage begins with Montaigne, the first essayist, and stretches forward to Addison and Steele, The Spectator and The Tatler, Marivaux, William Hazlitt, Jose Ortega y Gasset, Robert Musil, Theodor Adorno, Nouvelle Revue francaise, Virginia Woolf, George Orwell, and across the ocean to Emerson and Thoreau, E.B. White, The New Yorker and Harper's, James Baldwin, Susan Sontag, Joan Didion -- while also looking back to classical and medieval precursors.
More than 400 writers from around the world are included, along with geographic surveys that provide an historical framework, entries on types of essays, and entries on important single essays. Entries on closely-related genres such as letters, journals, treatises, sermons and reviews expand and explore the fluid boundaries of the essay as genre.
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Charles Dickens: The Last of the Great Men » Read Now
by G. K. Chesterton. 240 pgs.

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...Last of the Great Men BY G. K. CHESTERTON WITH A FOREWORD BY ALEXANDER...the man who wrote it. The late G. K. Chesterton, was of such notorious girth...brilliant story of...
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Robert Browning » Read Now
by G. K. Chesterton. 207 pgs.

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...ENGLISH MEN OF LETTERS ROBERT BROWNING ENGLISH MEN OF LETTERS ROBERT BROWNING BY G. K. CHESTERTON New York THE MACMILLAN COMPANY LONDON: MACMILLAN CO., LTD. 1903 All rights...
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The Ballad of the White Horse » Read Now
by G. K. Chesterton. 186 pgs.

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...BALLAD OF THE WHITE HORSE BY G. K. CHESTERTON "I SAY, AS DO ALL CHRISTIAN MEN...tradition: it telescopes history. G.K.C. CONTENTS TO MY WIFE DEDICATION...faint Along the...
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Varied Types » Read Now
by G. K. Chesterton. 274 pgs.

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...VARIED TYPES Varied Types By G. K. Chesterton Author of "The Defendant," etc. New York: Dodd, Mead...permission of the Editors of The Daily News and The Speaker . G. K. C...