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The Collected Works of G.K. Chesterton: The flying inn

The Collected Works of G.K. Chesterton: The flying inn

Gilbert Keith Chesterton

This seventh volume fo the Collected Works of G.K. Chesterton brings together three of his most acclaimed works of fiction, with introduction and notes by Chesterton scholar Iain Benson.
Chesterton’s Jews: Stereotypes and Caricatures in the ...

Chesterton’s Jews: Stereotypes and Caricatures in the ...

Simon Mayers

“These bitter outbursts,” Pearce explains, “were rare aberrations, alien to Chesterton's natural good humour.”22 Jay Corrin also argued that the Marconi Affair embittered Chesterton, who had “not been noticeably anti-Semitic until this juncture.
An Unexplored Chapter in Recent English History: ...

An Unexplored Chapter in Recent English History: ...

John Michael Thorn

Thus Chesterton himself strongly objected to being called a Romantic, and Anthony Everett Herbold in his "Chesterton and G.K.'s Weekly" (Ph.D. diss., University of Michigan, 1963) □ PP- 206-208, concurrs with Chesterton's objections.
G. K. Chesterton

G. K. Chesterton

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A collection of critical essays on G.K. Chesterton's work.
The Ball and the Cross: Chesterton Top Collection

The Ball and the Cross: Chesterton Top Collection

G. K. Chesterton

I. A DISCUSSION SOMEWHAT IN THE AIR II. THE RELIGION OF THE STIPENDIARY MAGISTRATE III.
G. K. Chesterton

G. K. Chesterton

Maurice Evans

This 1939 book avoids biographical exposition in favour of an analysis of G. K. Chesterton's philosophical standpoint and literary achievements.
What I Saw in America

What I Saw in America

G. K. Chesterton

The collection What I Saw in America offers Chesterton's impressions of the U.S. in the early twentieth century.
The novels of G. K. Chesterton: a study in art and propaganda

The novels of G. K. Chesterton: a study in art and propaganda

Ian Boyd

17 Chesterton, 'Portrait of a Friend', Autobiography, Chapter XIV, pp. 288-306. 18 ibid., p. 289. 19 Quoted by Anthony Everett Herbold Notes.
G. K. Chesterton: A Biography

G. K. Chesterton: A Biography

Ian Ker

G. K. Chesterton is remembered as a brilliant creator of nonsense and satirical verse, author of the Father Brown stories and the innovative novel, The Man who was Thursday, and yet today he is not counted among the major English novelists ...
The Ball and the Cross

The Ball and the Cross

G. K. Chesterton

His witty, humorous style earned him the title of the "prince of paradox," and his works-80 books and nearly 4,000 essays-remain among the most beloved in the English language Here, in the allegorical 1910 novel, Chesterton gives us the ...
G.K. Chesterton & Hilaire Belloc: the battle against modernity

G.K. Chesterton & Hilaire Belloc: the battle against modernity

Jay P. Corrin

... owing to their ignorance of the encyclicals) or frankly antagonistic to any reform whatsoever. 5. Anthony Everett Herbold, "Chesterton and G.K.'s Weekly" ( unpublished Ph.D. thesis, Department of English, University of Michigan, 1963), p . 37.
Saint Francis of Assisi

Saint Francis of Assisi

G. K. Chesterton

In this brilliant reflection on the poor friar of Assisi, G.K. Chesterton unfolds the life and times of St. Francis, from his conversion as a young man to his receiving of the stigmata at the end of his life.
William Blake

William Blake

G. K. Chesterton

n this exceptional work, produced as part of a series of literary biographies throughout the 1920s, author G.K. Chesterton directly addresses the question of whether William Blake's genius was tainted by mental illness or whether part of ...
The Black Pacific Narrative: Geographic Imaginings of Race ...

The Black Pacific Narrative: Geographic Imaginings of Race ...

Etsuko Taketani

Chesterton,G. K. The Illustrated London News, 1905–1907. Edited by LawrenceJ. Clipper. Vol. 27 ofThe Collected Works of G. K. Chesterton. San Francisco: Ignatius Press, 1986. “China Declares War on the Axis Powers: Declaration of War.
Hostages of Modernization: Germany, Great Britain, France

Hostages of Modernization: Germany, Great Britain, France

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Holmes, op. at., 1979, pp. 38-41. 10 Hilaire Belloc, The Jews, London 1922; G. K. Chesterton, The New Jerusalem, London 1920. The latest study is J. P. Corrin, G. K. Chesterton and Hilaire Belloc. The Battle Against Modernity, Athens, Ohio 1  ...
The Wisdom of Mr. Chesterton: The Very Best Quotes, Quips, ...

The Wisdom of Mr. Chesterton: The Very Best Quotes, Quips, ...

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... Illustrated London News: 1905–1907 (edited by Lawrence J. Clipper; San Francisco: Ignatius Press, 1986) The Collected Works of G. K. Chesterton: Volume XXVIII: The Illustrated London News: 1908–1910 (edited by Lawrence J. Clipper; ...
The Chesterton Review

The Chesterton Review

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Chesterton and Social Credit A Response to Colin Clark Dennis R. Klinck Editor's Note: Professor Dennis Klinck sends the following response to Dr. Colin Clark's article, which appeared in the last issue of the Review. In his article "An ...
George Bernard Shaw

George Bernard Shaw

G. K. Chesterton

This is essential reading for those seeking the best English literature has to offer.
Father Brown

Father Brown

Gilbert Keith Chesterton

These tapes contain four stories featuring the unworldly detective: The Blue Cross; The Queer Feet; The Eye of Apollo; and The Absence of Mr Glass.
Viola in the Spotlight

Viola in the Spotlight

Adriana Trigiani

Viola Chesterton is back home in her native New York after a year in the Middle-of-Nowhere at boarding school.
The Man Who Was Thursday

The Man Who Was Thursday

G. K. Chesterton

First published in 1908, The Man Who Was Thursday is often described as a metaphysical thriller, but it goes much deeper than that, as the anarchists are not only in a rebellion with the government, but often with God as well.
What They Saw in America

What They Saw in America

James L. Nolan, Jr

Grounded in the stories of their actual visits, What They Saw in America takes the reader through the journeys of four distinguished, yet very different foreign visitors - Alexis de Tocqueville, Max Weber, G. K. Chesterton and Sayyid Qutb - ...
New York Magazine

New York Magazine

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A Wall Streeter From Queens Who Dotes on G.K. Chesterton May Become the Spoiler in This Year's Mayoral Election EN YEARS AGO, WHEN GEORGE MAR- lin was a rising young municipal- bond specialist, he came across a box of tattered ...

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