The Dark Side of G. K. Chesterton : Gargoyles and Grotesques.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tibbetts, John C.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Gargoyles in literature.

Grotesque in literature.

Chesterton, G. K. (Gilbert Keith), 1874-1936--Criticism and interpretation.

Chesterton, G. K.

Genre:

Literary criticism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (222 pages)

Other Title:

Dark Side of G. K. Chesterton

Place of Publication:

Jefferson : McFarland & Company, Incorporated Publishers, 2021.

Summary:

""This is a critical study of the great British man of letters G.K. Chesterton, devoted to the novels, stories and essays that explore the darker fringes of his wild imagination. "Everything is different in the dark," wrote Chesterton; "perhaps you don't know how terrible a truth that is." Chesterton's use of the theme of "gargoyles" provides the thematic structure of the book. It covers the detective stories of Father Brown and others, the locked rooms and miracle crimes in his writing, his status as a science fiction writer, and the riddles and paradoxes of three works-Job, The Man Who Was Thursday, and the play The Surprise. This volume also includes an interlude about Chesterton and Jorge Luis Borges and a robust appendix including interviews about the formation of Ignatius Press's Collected Chesterton."-Provided by publisher"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Cover

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

A Note on Chesterton Page References

Foreword

Prologue

Introduction

Chapter One. Chesterton and His Gargoyles

Chapter Two. "Let the Tale Be Told"

Chapter Three. "Sometimes I See Things in the Dark"

Chapter Four. "Will Someone Please Explain the Explanation?"

Interlude

Chapter Five. "It is a new planet and it shall bear my name"

Chapter Six. Thursday's Children

Epilogue

Appendix A

Appendix B

Appendix C

Appendix D

Appendix E

Chapter Notes

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

1-4766-4397-0

OCLC:

1280390426