Chesterton’s earliest collection of essays, first published in , and out-of-print since ! When you read The Defendant you will probably have the same reaction that James Schall had when he read it: “This must be Chesterton’s best book!”. It was this book that established Chesterton as a writer to be reckoned with, as he rises to defend things that you wouldn’t think need to be defended: skeletons, . DONATE TO SUPPORT OLD LIBRARY AUDIOBOOKSwww.doorway.ru · This early work by G. K. Chesterton was originally published in Gilbert Keith Chesterton was born in London in He studied at the Slade School of Art, and upon graduating began to work as a freelance journalist. Over the course of Brand: ReadHowYouWant.
The Defendant. G. K. Chesterton ( - ). A collection of reprinted articles on a wide-range of subjects, all in the unique style of G. K. Chesterton. Using wit, paradox, and good humor he "defends" a series of seeming harmless things that need no defense, and in so doing he exposes many of the broken assumptions and dogmatic notions of secular humanism and other trends of his age and. The Defendant. $ Availability: In stock. Description. Additional information. Reviews (0) Chesterton's earliest collection of essays, first published in , and out-of-print since ! When you read The Defendant you will probably have the same reaction that James Schall had when he read it: "This must be Chesterton's best book!". The Defendant () is a collection of essays by G. K. Chesterton on subjects ranging from detective stories and penny dreadfuls to heraldry and patriotism. The essays originally appeared in "The Speaker" but were edited and revised for republication.
Chesterton’s earliest collection of essays, first published in , and out-of-print since ! When you read The Defendant you will probably have the same reaction that James Schall had when he read it: “This must be Chesterton’s best book!”. It was this book that established Chesterton as a writer to be reckoned with, as he rises to defend things that you wouldn’t think need to be defended: skeletons, detective stories, patriotism, babies. It seemed like a good idea to start at the beginning, so after a reading of _Varied Types_ (see my review) I went for Chesterton's very first collection of essays, _The Defendant_ (). This delightful little book is the perfect introduction to Chesterton, and the apparently simple title is quite appropriate: "defendant" in this case is equivalent to "apologist," and this is one of the many facets of G.K.C. The Defendant by G. K. Chesterton, A DEFENCE OF HUMILITY. The act of defending any of the cardinal virtues has to-day all the exhilaration of a vice. Moral truisms have been so much disputed that they have begun to sparkle like so many brilliant paradoxes.
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