G. K Chesterton
1) Ortodoxia
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Es éste, sin lugar a dudas, uno de los libros más representativos de G. K. Chesterton y probablemente su mejor ensayo. Una especie de autobiografía espiritual y vagabunda que completa lo iniciado en su libro Herejes, de 1905 (Acantilado, 2007). Optimista y polémico, perspicaz tour de force hacia una filosofía del asombro agradecido y de la libertad mental y emocional, este libro es ya un clásico indiscutible.
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The first essay in this collection begins by declaring that seriousness is not a virtue, setting the tone for the light and playful pieces that follow. Drawn from G. K. Chesterton's weekly columns in The Illustrated London News and the New Witness, the essays here cover a range of topics, not necessarily connected, but which remain charming even when discussing weighty subjects. Topics include, "On Seriousness," "Lamp-Posts," and "On Pigs as Pets."...
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El escritor británico G.K. Chesterton Chesterton es conocido por su estilo literario vívido que incluye metáforas elaboradas y juegos de palabras. "The Man Who Was Thursday" es un ejemplo perfecto de este estilo, con diálogos memorables y descripciones poéticas que ayudan a crear una atmósfera única. La obra ha influenciado a muchos otros escritores a lo largo de los años, incluyendo a Jorge Luis Borges y Neil Gaiman.
Aunque es una historia...
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This antiquarian book contains Gilbert Keith Chesterton's 1926 thesis, "The Outline of Sanity". Within this famous book Chesterton explores the subjects of poverty, concentration of wealth, work, agriculture, machinery, and capital gain. Chesterton championed wealth distribution, but was staunchly opposed to socialism; he was an advocate of private ownership, but was an anti-capitalist. This fascinating text will appeal to those with an interest in...
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In 1915, the popular commentator was enlisted by the British War Propaganda Bureau. Here Chesterton explores the morality of war, and when it is justified. This collection includes "The War on the Word," "The Refusal of Reciprocity," "The Appetite of Tyranny," "The Escape of Folly," and "Letters to an Old Garibaldian."
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Saint Francis of Assisi is one of the most beloved and well-known saints in the Catholic church. In this biography, G. K. Chesterton relays the unique and inspirational life of the humble saint. Starting life as a wealthy young man full of life and spirit, Francis soon joined the war between Assisi and Perugia and returned, ill and downtrodden. He ended up joining the papal forces and after witnessing a poor man begging for alms his spirit was renewed...
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Excerpt: "I have strung these things together on a slight enough thread; but as the things themselves are slight, it is possible that the thread (and the metaphor) may manage to hang together. These notes range over very variegated topics and in many cases were made at very different times. They concern all sorts of things from lady barristers to cave-men, and from psycho-analysis to free verse. Yet they have this amount of unity in their wandering,...
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Quien esté familiarizado con Chesterton sabrá que sus biografías no son nada convencionales. Es este caso, concluye la vida de santo Tomás en el capítulo 5, cuando todavía queda un tercio de la obra, cosa lógica si hay que debatir con nuestro propio tiempo. Estamos ante un libro de filosofía, de historia, de antropología, de sociología del conocimiento y de crítica cultural, además de una delicia intelectual. Bien se dijo de Chesterton...
10) London
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Excerpt: "There is an old London story that has never lost its loveliness for me. It was about a stout old lady, from the country, who travelled round and round the Underground Railway in a circle, because at each station she tried to get out backwards, and at each station the guard pitched her in again, under the impression that she was trying to get in. It is a beautiful story; doing honor alike to the patience of the female sex and the prompt courtesy...
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Chesterton was the master of the short essay and could spin, with wit and grace, an essay a day for many years of his life. Those not familiar with his work will discover here the satirist who made fierce fun of the foibles of his times, the lover of paradox who found in the mysteries of our universe a key to wisdom and happiness and the defender of human rights in a society taken over (like ours) by greed and lack of compassion.
No one interested...
13) Poems
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A great collection of poems by G. K Chesterton. Always a treat. Chesterton is simply a great master of the essay and English prose.
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On this question of divorce, I do not profess to be impartial, for I have never perceived any intelligent meaning in the word. I merely (and most modestly) profess to be right. I also profess to be representative: that is, democratic. Now, one may believe in democracy or disbelieve in it. It would be grossly unfair to conceal the fact that there are difficulties on both sides. The difficulty of believing in democracy is that it is so hard to believe—like...
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El poeta y los lunáticos (1929), de Gilbert Keith Chesterton, no es exactamente una novela, sino más bien una sucesión de episodios entrelazados, en los que un aparente loco -el poeta y pintor Gabriel Gale- da muestras de su increíble capacidad para captar la importancia de detalles que permanecen ocultos o apenas visibles a los ojos de "la gente cuerda". Las técnicas deductivas del excéntrico poeta para anticipar un delito o resolver una atrocidad...
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Early 20th century English author Gilbert Keith Chesterton may be best remembered for his stories which feature the character of an English priest and detective named Father Brown. While the character was based on a real life priest who was involved in Chesterton's own conversion of faith, the adventures and mysteries that Father Brown solves are purely fictional. Collected together here are fifteen of Chesterton's most thrilling Father Brown tales...
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G. K. Chesterton's Heretics was first, published in 1905, with Orthodoxy following in 1908. Chesterton viewed them as companions to one another, as Orthodoxy was, written as a response to criticism he had received for Heretics. For while Heretics presents the negative view of Chesterton's beliefs, Orthodoxy presents the positive; in a sense, Heretics contains the anathemas while Orthodoxy contains the canons. Orthodoxy is therefore an apology, or...
18) G. F. Watts
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In this important work, Chesterton examines and analyzes the art of the revered British painter and sculptor George Frederick Watts. In writing as beautiful as it is incisive, Chesterton pens an enduring portrait of the artist who was best friends with Tennyson and whose allegorical paintings vividly captured many luminaries of his day.
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This book takes you on a journey to solve mysteries, fight dragons, debate religion, and quarrel among politicians in the parliament.
It will have you smiling at its witty sarcasm, tearing up over its nostalgic rhythm, and frowning in perplexion at its mind-twisting ideas!
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En el itinerario de su conversión, el autor recupera por oleadas algunas convicciones de la niñez, conservadas entre las líneas de cuentos de hadas y novelas de aventuras. Lo relata en Ortodoxia, su libro más central y el que mejor lo define, y del que se ha extraído este capítulo. En él se muestra su profunda independencia intelectual y un discernimiento clarividente.