Here's a nice essay on Kenner by Marjorie Perloff:
http://marjorieperloff.com/essays/kenner-modernism/
Thank you, Gregory, I like to hear from someone who knows Chesterton that I am mistaken and he is never contrarian for the sake of it. I am no fan of easy contrarianism, or of Christopher Hitchens for that matter. An intelligence abused.
John