G.K. Chesterton: A Biography - Hardcover
Traces the life of the British writer, describes the circumstances surrounding his conversion to Catholicism, and depicts his complex personality
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This crude panegyric, appearing 50 years after Chesterton's death, bears little resemblance to a modern critical biography. Overly sympathetic to its subject, it ignores obvious contradictions in Chesterton's beliefs (after quoting them), glosses over his faults (racism and sexism), and obscures psychological issues by using spiritualist jargon (infertility "provided a well of suffering from which they both were able to draw living water which, with divine grace, . . ."). Still, Chesterton was such a gigantic, preposterous, and above all amusing figure that he redeems the book. Liberal excerptsmany from unpublished sourcesinject his wit and cleverness onto nearly every page.Michael Edmonds, State Historical Soc. of Wisconsin Lib., Madison
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- PublisherHarpercollins
- Publication date1987
- ISBN 10 006252576X
- ISBN 13 9780062525765
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages369
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