The Everyman Chesterton (Hardcover)
Language: English
Published by Random House USA Inc, 2011
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Hardcover. The first one-volume reader of the best of G. K. Chestertons writing in the full range of genres he mastered.Chesterton was a towering literary figure of the early twentieth century, accomplished and prolific in many literary forms. A forceful proponent of Christianity and a critic of both conservatism and liberalism, he set out to describe nothing less than the spiritual journey of humanity in Orthodoxy and The Everlasting Man, his most enduring books. He is famous as well for his beloved Father Brown detective stories, his satirical and comic verse, his profoundly witty paradoxes and aphorisms, and his penetrating studies of such figures as Charles Dickens, St. Francis of Assisi, and St. Thomas Aquinas. The Everyman Chesterton contains samples of his poems, stories, essays, and biographies, as well as the influential works of religious, political, and social thought in which he championed the common man and for which he is most admired.Table of Contents:AUTOBIOGRAPHYHearsay EvidenceThe Man with the Golden KeyCHARLES DICKENSThe Dickens PeriodThe Boyhood of DickensThe Youth of DickensThe Pickwick PapersThe Great PopularityDickens and AmericaDickens and ChristmasThe Time of TransitionLater Life and WorksThe Great Dickens CharactersOn the Alleged Optimism of DickensA Note on the Future of DickensTHE VICTORIAN AGE IN LITERATUREThe Victorian Compromise and Its EnemiesThe Great Victorian NovelistsThe Great Victorian PoetsORTHODOXYIntroduction in Defence of Everything ElseThe ManiacThe Suicide of ThoughtThe Ethics of ElflandThe Flag of the WorldThe Paradoxes of ChristianityThe Eternal RevolutionThe Romance of OrthodoxyAuthority and the AdventurerTHE EVERLASTING MANIntroduction: The Plan of This BookThe Riddles of the GospelThe Strangest Story in the WorldThe Witness of the HereticsThe Escape from PaganismThe Five Deaths of the FaithConclusion: The Summary of This BookST THOMAS AQUINASOn Two FriarsThe Aristotelian RevolutionA Meditation on the ManicheesThe Approach to ThomismThe Permanent PhilosophyThe Sequel to St ThomasFATHER BROWN STORIESThe Blue CrossThe Queer FeetThe Wrong ShapeThe Resurrection of Father BrownThe Miracle of Moon CrescentThe Dagger with WingsThe Doom of the DarnawaysThe Song of the Flying FishThe Red Moon of MeruThe Chief Mourner of MarneThe Scandal of Father BrownThe Quick OneThe Blast of the BookThe Green ManThe Crime of the CommunistThe Vampire of the VillagePOEMSWine and WaterAntichrist, or the Reunion of Christendom: An OdeElegy in a Country ChurchyardLepantoThe Secret PeopleThe Rolling English RoadThe Donkey The first one-volume reader of the best of G. K. Chesterton's writing in the full range of genres he mastered. Chesterton was a towering literary figure of the early twentieth century, accomplished and prolific in many literary forms. A forceful proponent of Christianity and a critic of both conservatism and liberalism, he set out to describe nothing less than the spiritual journey of humanity in "Orthodoxy "and "The Everlasting Man, " his most enduring books. He is famous as well for his beloved Father Brown detective stories, his satirical and comic verse, his profoundly witty paradoxes and aphorisms, and his penetrating studies of such figures as Charles Dickens, St. Francis of Assisi, and St. Thomas Aquinas. "The Everyman Chesterton "contains samples o Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…
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- Title
- The Everyman Chesterton (Hardcover)
- Author
- G.K. Chesterton
- Publisher
- Random House USA Inc
- Publication year
- 2011
- Condition
- new
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0307594971
- ISBN 13
- 9780307594976
Chesterton was a towering literary figure of the early twentieth century, accomplished and prolific in many literary forms. A forceful proponent of Christianity and a critic of both conservatism and liberalism, he set out to describe nothing less than the spiritual journey of humanity in Orthodoxy and The Everlasting Man, his most enduring books. He is famous as well for his beloved Father Brown detective stories, his satirical and comic verse, his profoundly witty paradoxes and aphorisms, and his penetrating studies of such figures as Charles Dickens, St. Francis of Assisi, and St. Thomas Aquinas. The Everyman Chesterton contains samples of his poems, stories, essays, and biographies, as well as the influential works of religious, political, and social thought in which he championed the common man and for which he is most admired.
Table of Contents:
AUTOBIOGRAPHY
Hearsay Evidence
The Man with the Golden Key
CHARLES DICKENS
The Dickens Period
The Boyhood of Dickens
The Youth of Dickens
The Pickwick Papers
The Great Popularity
Dickens and America
Dickens and Christmas
The Time of Transition
Later Life and Works
The Great Dickens Characters
On the Alleged Optimism of Dickens
A Note on the Future of Dickens
THE VICTORIAN AGE IN LITERATURE
The Victorian Compromise and Its Enemies
The Great Victorian Novelists
The Great Victorian Poets
ORTHODOXY
Introduction in Defence of Everything Else
The Maniac
The Suicide of Thought
The Ethics of Elfland
The Flag of the World
The Paradoxes of Christianity
The Eternal Revolution
The Romance of Orthodoxy
Authority and the Adventurer
THE EVERLASTING MAN
Introduction: The Plan of This Book
The Riddles of the Gospel
The Strangest Story in the World
The Witness of the Heretics
The Escape from Paganism
The Five Deaths of the Faith
Conclusion: The Summary of This Book
ST THOMAS AQUINAS
On Two Friars
The Aristotelian Revolution
A Meditation on the Manichees
The Approach to Thomism
The Permanent Philosophy
The Sequel to St Thomas
FATHER BROWN STORIES
The Blue Cross
The Queer Feet
The Wrong Shape
The Resurrection of Father Brown
The Miracle of Moon Crescent
The Dagger with Wings
The Doom of the Darnaways
The Song of the Flying Fish
The Red Moon of Meru
The Chief Mourner of Marne
The Scandal of Father Brown
The Quick One
The Blast of the Book
The Green Man
The Crime of the Communist
The Vampire of the Village
POEMS
Wine and Water
Antichrist, or the Reunion of Christendom: An Ode
Elegy in a Country Churchyard
Lepanto
The Secret People
The Rolling English Road
The Donkey
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About the Author
Ian Ker is a Senior Research Fellow at St. Benet's Hall, Oxford University; he is the author of a biography of G. K. Chesterton to be published by Oxford University Press in 2011.
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