{"product_id":"g-k-chesterton-a-biography-9780199655762","title":"G. K. Chesterton: A Biography","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eG. K. Chesterton is remembered as a brilliant creator of nonsense and satirical verse, author of the Father Brown stories and the innovative novel, \u003cem\u003eThe Man Who Was Thursday\u003c\/em\u003e, and yet today he is not counted among the major English novelists and poets. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHowever, this major new biography argues that Chesterton should be seen as the successor of the great Victorian prose writers, Carlyle, Arnold, Ruskin, and above all Newman.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChesterton's achievement as one of the great English literary critics has not hitherto been fully recognized, perhaps because his best literary criticism is of prose rather than poetry. Ian Ker remedies this neglect, paying particular attention to Chesterton's writings on the Victorians, especially Dickens.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs a social and political thinker, Chesterton is contrasted here with contemporary intellectuals like Bernard Shaw and H. G. Wells in his championing of democracy and the masses.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePre-eminently a controversialist, as revealed in his prolific journalistic output, he became a formidable apologist for Christianity and Catholicism, as well as a powerful satirist of anti-Catholicism.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis full-length life of G. K. Chesterton is the first comprehensive biography of both the man and the writer. It draws on many unpublished letters and papers to evoke Chesterton's joyful humor, his humility and affinity to the common man, and his love of the ordinary things of life.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ian Ker\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/02\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 784\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.00w x 1.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780199655762\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooks \u0026amp; Culture\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2013 pg. 11\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIan Ker has taught both English literature and theology in universities in the United States and Britain, where he currently teaches in the Oxford theology faculty. He is the author and editor of more than twenty books on Newman, including \u003cem\u003eJohn Henry Newman: A Biography\u003c\/em\u003e (1988), as well as the author of \u003cem\u003eThe Catholic Revival in English Literature, 1845-1961\u003c\/em\u003e (2003).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Oxford University Press, USA","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":39934241374323,"sku":"0199655766","price":80.64,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_aa5177fe-68cc-44da-afb7-1a31eb5f3431.jpg?v=1647878507","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/g-k-chesterton-a-biography-9780199655762","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}