G. K. Chesterton: A Biography
Author:   Ian Ker (Theology Faculty, University of Oxford)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
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9780199601288


Pages:   782
Publication Date:   21 April 2011
Format:   Hardback
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G. K. Chesterton: A Biography


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Author:   Ian Ker (Theology Faculty, University of Oxford)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Oxford University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 16.30cm , Height: 4.60cm , Length: 24.00cm
Weight:   1.335kg
ISBN:  

9780199601288


ISBN 10:   0199601283
Pages:   782
Publication Date:   21 April 2011
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   To order   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

1: The Early Years 2: Publishing and Engagement 3: Marriage and Fame 4: Controversy 5: Dickens 6: Orthodoxy 7: Shaw and Beaconsfield 8: Father Brown and the Marconi Scandal 9: The Victorian Compromise and Illness 10: War and Travel 11: America and Conversation 12: The Everlasting Man 13: Distributism and Apologetics 14: Rome and America Again 15: The Last Years

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reveals valuable new information The Times magisterial new biography Catholic Herald [a] tremendous biography The Tablet This masterly biography...has the potential to help establish Chesterton in what Ker regards as his rightful place as a major English author. Independent on Sunday


[a] tremendous biography The Tablet This masterly biography...has the potential to help establish Chesterton in what Ker regards as his rightful place as a major English author. Independent on Sunday


comprehensive and absorbing. It has persuaded me that I have been wrong to neglect the work of such an exceptional and colourful man Standpoint Ker's biography is... comprehensive and absorbing. It has persuaded me that I have been wrong to neglect the work of such an exceptional and colourful man. Piers Paul Read, Standpoint this is a full-length scholarly biography that will be indispensable for decades Church Times rewarding biography Tribune Ian Ker provides an account of the thought of Chesterton that surpasses, in its comprehensiveness, anything that has been previously written about him Bernard Manzo, Times Literary Supplement Heroically researched...an impressive...book...that conveys a powerful sense of [Chesterton's] personality DJ Taylor, The Independent handles a complex subject with admirable lucidity. Mastering Chesterton's output is a heroic feat in itself Peter Washington, Literary Review reveals valuable new information The Times magisterial new biography Catholic Herald [a] tremendous biography The Tablet This masterly biography...has the potential to help establish Chesterton in what Ker regards as his rightful place as a major English author. Independent on Sunday


Author Information

Ian Ker has taught both English literature and theology in universities in the United States and Britain, where he currently teaches in the theology faculty. He is the author and editor of more than twenty books on Newman, including John Henry Newman: A Biography (1988), as well as the author of The Catholic Revival in English Literature, 1845-1961 (2003).

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