Wisdom and Innocence: A Life of G.K. Chesterton

by Joseph Pearce

Overview

Through years of meticulous research and access to the literary estate of G.K. Chesterton, Joseph Pearce presents a major biography of a 20th century literary giant, providing a great deal of important information on GKC never before published. This is a thoroughly readable and delightful biography of a multi- faceted author, artist and debater who loved the friendship of children, idolized his wife and enjoyed great friendships with the likes of Hillaire Belloc, Bernard Shaw and H.G. Wells. Illustrated.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781621640554
Publisher:	Ignatius Press
Publication date:	11/02/2015
Edition description:	New edition,New softcover edition with new cover
Pages:	544
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 1.70(d)

About the Author

Joseph Pearce is the author of numerous literary works including Literary Converts, The Quest for Shakespeare and Shakespeare on Love, and the editor of the Ignatius Critical Editions series. His other books include literary biographies of Oscar Wilde, J.R.R. Tolkien, C. S. Lewis, G. K. Chesterton and Alexander Solzhenitsyn.

Table of Contents

Preface vii

Acknowledgments xiii

1 Father of the Man 1

2 Soul in a Ferment 13

3 The Chesterblogg 31

4 The Chesterbelloc 47

5 Enter G. K. C. 65

6 Robert Browning and Father Brown 81

7 Heretics and Orthodoxy 94

8 Uncle Chestnut 112

9 The Chestershaw 126

10 Innocence and Wisdom 146

11 A Man Alive 162

12 Brothers in Arms 177

13 Magic and Miracles 193

14 The Shadow of Death 206

15 The Valley of Death 221

16 Life After Death 240

17 Word Made Flesh 262

18 Gratitude and Grief 277

19 Jongleur de Dieu 291

20 Wells and the Shallows 301

21 The Outline of Sanity 312

22 Daughter of Desire 328

23 Poland and Prophecy 341

24 Home and Homelessness 353

25 Rome and Romance 365

26 At Home in America 385

27 On Air in England 405

28 Dumb Ox and Donkey 422

29 Germany and Justice 436

30 Liberty and Exile 452

31 End of the Beginning 470

Notes 490

Index 517

Editorial Reviews

"An astonishing biography of an astonishing man. Pearce has done his research thoroughly and well, bringing to the reading public a superb biography containing information and material heretofore unknown about one of the truly influential men of his time—G. K. Chesterton."
— Midwest Book Review

"Pearce celebrates Chesterton’s happy family life, successful marriage, and friendships with Belloc, Shaw, and other Victorian and twentieth-century writers. Also detailed are Chesterton’s social and political activism, as well as his romanticism and childlike joie de vivre ."
— Library Journal

"This book is a fresh reminder of how good Chesterton could be."
— The Sunday Telegraph

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