1st Edition
The Historical Imagination of G.K. Chesterton Locality, Patriotism, and Nationalism
By Joseph R. McCleary
Copyright 2009
172 Pages
by
Routledge
172 Pages
by
Routledge
172 Pages
by
Routledge
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This study examines a selection of Chesterton’s novels, poetry, and literary criticism and outlines the distinctive philosophy of history that emerges from these writings. Looking at Chesteron's relationship with and influence upon authors including William Cobbett, Sir Walter Scott, Belloc, Shaw, H.G. Wells, Christopher Dawson, Evelyn Waugh, and Marshall McLuhan, McCleary contends that... Read more
Introduction 1 The Critics and Chesterton's Philosophy of History 2 Influences and Contemporaries 3 The Critical Lens 4 The Creative Lens 5 The Critical and Creative Legacy: Dawson, Waugh, and McLuhan 5 A Note on Modern Historiography Conclusion: Locality, Patriotism, and Nationalism, and One Lens More
Biography
Joseph McCleary is Superintendent of the Mystic Valley Regional Charter School District near Boston.
