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Unread 12-20-2017, 03:35 AM
Gregory Dowling Gregory Dowling is offline
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John, thanks for a thoughtful reply to my post. I appreciate your point but while it is true that sometimes Chesterton indulges too easily in his gift for witty paradoxes I don't think it is every true that he wrote just for the sake of being contrarian. He was deeply committed to a certain way of viewing things, which naturally had its roots in his religious convictions, but also in his social views. On his taste for paradox I think the best book is still Hugh Kenner's Paradox in Chesterton, which also has the great virtue of being very short.

Michael, sorry to hear that particular selection of Chesterton's prose is so pricey. You can of course get huge collections of his works for free on the web, but in that case you'll need to do your own selecting. If I get time I'll make a list of what I think are his best works and post it.
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