Chesterton

The Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Lincoln at Gettysburg and Papal Sin captures the many dimensions of one of the twentieth century's most influential writers.

Garry Wills is a historian and the author of the New York Times bestsellers What Jesus Meant, Papal Sin, Why I Am a Catholic, and Why Priests?, among others. A frequent contributor to the New York Review of Books and other publications, Wills is a Pulitzer Prize winner and a professor emeritus at Northwestern University. He lives in Evanston, Illinois.

Introduction to the New Edition

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Introduction

1

(10)

PART ONE (1874-1899): Isolation

The Crystal Palace

11

(12)

Nocturne

23

(20)

Paradox and Nightmare

43

(24)

PART TWO (1900-1912): Controversy

The Signature of Style

67

(32)

A Grammar of Lunacy

99

(22)

The Defence of Notting Hill

121

(26)

Pattern in Pantomime

147

(14)

Rhyme and Reason

161

(24)

PART THREE (1913-1921): Vigil

The Four Loyalties

185

(16)

PART FOUR (1922-1936): Incarnation

The Two Friars

201

(16)

Property and the Person

217

(10)

The Critical Focus

227

(28)

The Play of Reality

255

(14)

Chronology of Chesterton's Major Works

269

(4)

Appendix: The Man Who Was Thursday

273

(24)

Notes

297

(28)

Index

325

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