In the essays collected in Fancies versus Fads, G. K. Chesterton positions himself as an assailant of “the nonsense of the world”: a sworn enemy of fashionable doctrines and the excesses into which they lead their adherents. While sometimes dismissed as a fogeyish reactionary—an image to which he at times gleefully plays up—Chesterton emerges from these essays as a witty and perceptive critic possessed of a profound generosity of spirit. Ranging in its preoccupations from psychoanalysis and the temperance movement to child-rearing and free verse, Fancies versus Fads is a brilliant introduction to one of the most distinctive voices of twentieth-century literature.
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Fancies Versus Fads
In the essays collected in Fancies versus Fads, G. K. Chesterton positions himself as an assailant of “the nonsense of the world”: a sworn enemy of fashionable doctrines and the excesses into which they lead their adherents. While sometimes dismissed as a fogeyish reactionary—an image to which he at times gleefully plays up—Chesterton emerges from these essays as a witty and perceptive critic possessed of a profound generosity of spirit. Ranging in its preoccupations from psychoanalysis and the temperance movement to child-rearing and free verse, Fancies versus Fads is a brilliant introduction to one of the most distinctive voices of twentieth-century literature.
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Product Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781916809253 |
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| Publisher: | Eris |
| Publication date: | 03/11/2025 |
| Series: | Cletham Classics |
| Pages: | 266 |
| Product dimensions: | 4.25(w) x 7.00(h) x (d) |
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