The Metaphysical Mysteries of G.K. Chesterton - A Critical Study of the Father Brown Stories and Other Detective Fiction

G.K. Chesterton's Father Brown stories are widely considered to be some of the finest detective short stories ever published, offering vivid writing, brilliant puzzles, biting social criticism, and metaphysical explorations of life's great questions. This book presents the first in-depth analysis of his works both as classics of the detective genre and as meaningful philosophical inquiries. The Father Brown stories are examined along with Chesterton's less well known fiction, including the short stories about Mr. Pond, Gabriel Gale, Basil and Rupert Grant, Horne Fisher, Dr. Adrian Hyde and Philip Swayne, and the novels The Man Who Was Thursday and Manalive.

About the author

Laird R. Blackwell is a humanities professor emeritus at Sierra Nevada College in the Lake Tahoe area of western Nevada, where he taught psychology and literature for 31 years. He is the author of four critical studies of detective fiction for McFarland and the recipient of nominations for an Edgar Award and an Agatha Award.

Product details

• Authors: Laird R. Blackwell, Blackwell Laird R.
• Publisher: Ingram Publishers Services
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: from age 18
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 14.08.2018
• EAN: 9781476671826
• ISBN: 978-1-4766-7182-6
• No. of pages: 188
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 10 mm
• Weight: 245 g
• Illustrations: Raster,schwarz-weiss
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Mystery, LITERARY CRITICISM / Mystery & Detective, Literary studies: from c 1900 -, Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers, Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers, Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000