| Chesterton Contributor(s): Wills, Garry (Author) |
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ISBN: 0385502907 ISBN-13: 9780385502900 Publisher: Random House Publishing Group OUR PRICE: $18.05 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2001 Annotation: Part of a literary circle that included H. G. Wells, George Bernard Shaw, Hillaire Belloc, and Max Beerbohm, G. K. Chesterton (1874-1936) wrote essays of social criticism for contemporary journals, literary criticism (including notable books on Browning, Dickens, and Shaw), and works of theology and religious argument, but may have been best known for his Father Brown mysteries. Chesterton's interest in Catholic Christianity, first expressed in Orthodoxy, led to his conversion from Anglicanism to Roman Catholicism in 1922. This revised edition of Garry Wills's finely crafted biography includes updates to the text and a new introduction by the author. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Historical - Biography & Autobiography | Literary Figures - Biography & Autobiography | Religious |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 2002522876 |
| Physical Information: 0.91" H x 5.56" W x 8.14" (0.89 lbs) 352 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 19th Century - Cultural Region - British Isles - Theometrics - Catholic - Theometrics - Evangelical - Religious Orientation - Christian |
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| Publisher Description: Look out for a new book from Garry Wills, What The Qur'an Meant, coming fall 2017. The Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Lincoln at Gettysburg and Papal Sin captures the many dimensions of one of the twentieth century's most influential writers. Part of a literary circle that included H.G. Wells, George Bernard Shaw, Hillaire Belloc, and Max Beerbohm, G.K. Chesterton (1874-1936) wrote essays of social criticism for contemporary journals, literary criticism (including notable books on Browning, Dickens, and Shaw), and works of theology and religious argument, but may have been best known for his Father Brown mysteries. Chesterton's interest in Catholic Christianity, first expressed in Orthodoxy, led to his conversion from Anglicanism to Roman Catholicism in 1922. His classic Saint Francis of Assisi and the equally acclaimed Saint Thomas Aquinas confirmed his reputation as a writer with the rare ability to simultaneously entertain, inform, and enlighten readers. This revised edition of Garry Wills's finely crafted biography includes updates to the text and a new Introduction by the author. |