Historical Imagination of G.k. Chesterton - Locality, Patriotism, and Nationalism

Informationen zum Autor Joseph McCleary is Superintendent of the Mystic Valley Regional Charter School District near Boston. Klappentext 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 Chesterton's recurring use of the themes of locality, patriotism, and nationalism embodies a distinctive understanding of what gives history its coherence. The study concludes that Chesterton's emphasis on locality is the hallmark of his historical philosophy in that it blends the concepts of free will, specificity, and creatureliness which he uses to make sense of history. Zusammenfassung 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. Specifically, McCleary contends that Chesterton’s recurring use of the themes of locality, patriotism, and nationalism embodies a distinctive understanding of what gives history its coherence. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgments Introduction Chapter One: The Critics and Chesterton’s Philosophy of History Chapter Two: Influences and Contemporaries Chapter Three: The Critical Lens Chapter Four: The Creative Lens Chapter Five: The Critical and Creative Legacy: Dawson, Waugh, and McLuhan Chapter Six: Conclusion: Locality, Patriotism, and Nationalism and One Lens More Notes Bibliography Index

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• Authors: Joseph R. McCleary, Joseph R. McCleary, Joseph R. (University of Maryland Mccleary, McCleary Joseph, MCCLEARY JOSEPH R, McCleary Joseph R.
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 17.02.2009
• EAN: 9780415991759
• ISBN: 978-0-415-99175-9
• No. of pages: 158
• Series: Studies in Major Literary Authors; Studies in Major Literary Authors
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers, Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers, LITERARY CRITICISM / Novel as Form