G.K. Chesterton: A Half Century of Views

by D.J. Conlon

Book Overview

G.K. Chesterton, one of the most controversial literary figures of the last hundred years, has excited an enormous range of critical comment since his death in 1936. In this generous collection of essays, D. J. Conlon presents the views of more than fifty writers on the private and public Chesterton. Writers such as George Orwell, Evelyn Waugh, Kingsley Amis, Anthony Burgess, Graham Greene, V. S. Pritchett, A. N. Wilson and many others show the range...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0192122606
• ISBN13: 9780192122605
• Release Date: March 1987
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 5.9" x 8.8"