The Master Criminal (Book Center)

The Master Criminal (Book Center)

Book Center, Fred Merrick White

Språken
FörlagCDED
ISBN9782377932375

Though he was on the whole a fun loving and gregarious man, during adolescence Chesterton was troubled by thoughts of suicide. In Christianity he found answers to many of the dilemmas and paradoxes of life. Throughout Heretics he provides a very personal critique of contemporary religious notions. His consistently engaging but often wayward humour is mixed liberally with daring flights of fancy and some startling turns of thought. A highly original collection of essays, providing an invaluable contribution to one of the major debates of the last century - one that continues to exercise leading thinkers in the present one.

Chapters 01 Introductory Remarks on the Importance of Orthodoxy

02 On the Negative Spirit

03 On Mr. Rudyard Kipling and Making the World Small

04 Mr. Bernard Shaw

05 Mr. H. G. Wells and the Giants

06 Christmas and the Esthetes

07 Omar and the Sacred Vine

08 The Mildness of the Yellow Press

09 The Moods of Mr. George Moore

10 On Sandals and Simplicity

11 Science and the Savages

12 Paganism and Mr. Lowes Dickinson

13 Celts and Celtophiles

14 On Certain Modern Writers and the Institution of the Family

15 On Smart Novelists and the Smart Set

16 On Mr. McCabe and a Divine Frivolity

17 On the Wit of Whistler

18 The Fallacy of the Young Nation

19 Slum Novelists and the Slums

20 Concluding Remarks on the Importance of Orthodoxy