G. K. Chesterton
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"It is true in a certain sense that some of the greatest writers the world has seen—Aristophanes, Rabelais and Sterne—have written nonsense; but unless we are mistaken, it is in a widely different sense. The nonsense of these men was satiric—that is to say, symbolic; it was a kind of exuberant capering round a discovered truth."--The Defendant (1901) by G. K. Chesterton "And he proceeded to talk learnedly and luxuriantly on all the wines of the world; on which subject, also, some moralists would consider that he knew too much." |
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Gilbert Keith Chesterton (May 29, 1874–June 14, 1936) was an influential English writer of the early 20th century. His prolific and diverse output included journalism, poetry, biography, Christian apologetics, fantasy, and detective fiction.
List of major works
- The Napoleon of Notting Hill (1904)
- Heretics (1905) ISBN 978-0-766-17476-4
- Charles Dickens: A Critical Study (1906)
- The Man Who Was Thursday (1908)
- Orthodoxy (1908) Doubleday, 1991
- The Ballad Of The White Horse (1911)
- Manalive (1912)
- Father Brown short stories (detective fiction)
- Eugenics and Other Evils (1922)
- Saint Francis of Assisi (1923), Doubleday, 1987.
- The Everlasting Man (1925)
- Saint Thomas Aquinas (1933), Doubleday, 1974.
