Heretics

by G. K. Chesterton

Overview

One of Chesterton's earliest books, Heretics, is also one of his best. Overflowing with characteristic wit, incisiveness, and splendid gusto, here is Chesterton's razor-sharp analysis of the fallacies of modern thought as exemplified in the leading writers of the time. Nietzsche, Shaw, Yeats, Kipling, Ibsen, H.G. Wells and others, are all submitted to a ruthless Chestertonian examination. However, true to his character, Chesterton gives the antagonist his due, while allowing the reader to celebrate the real value of his work.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781942796060
Publisher:	Letcetera Publishing
Publication date:	01/02/2015
Pages:	204
Product dimensions:	5.24(w) x 7.99(h) x 0.47(d)

About the Author

GILBERT KEITH CHESTERTON (29 May 1874 - 14 June 1936) better known as G. K. Chesterton, was an English writer, lay theologian, poet, philosopher, dramatist, journalist, orator, literary and art critic, biographer, and Christian apologist. Chesterton is often referred to as the "prince of paradox."

Chesterton is well known for his reasoned apologetics. Chesterton wrote around 80 books, several hundred poems, some 200 short stories, 4000 essays, and several plays. He was a literary and social critic, historian, playwright, novelist, Catholic theologian and apologist, debater, and mystery writer.

Table of Contents

Preface     vii
Introductory Remarks on the Importance of Orthodoxy     1
On the Negative Spirit     10
On Mr. Rudyard Kipling and making the World Small     19
Mr. Bernard Shaw     29
Mr. H. G. Wells and the Giants     38
Christmas and the AEsthetes     53
Omar and the Sacred Vine     60
The Mildness of the Yellow Press     67
The Moods of Mr. George Moore     77
On Sandals and Simplicity     81
Science and the Savages     86
Paganism and Mr. Lowes Dickinson     93
Celts and Celtophiles     105
On Certain Modern Writers and the Institution of the Family     110
On Smart Novelists and the Smart Set     121
On Mr. McCabe and a Divine Frivolity     134
On the Wit of Whistler     146
The Fallacy of the Young Nation     154
Slum Novelists and the Slums     167
Concluding Remarks on the Importance of Orthodoxy     178