In Defense Of Sanity

<p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Essayist G.K. Chesterton was a master. However reading his essays is more than just an exercise in studying literature at its best; it is also a chance to come across universal truths that still ring true today.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Chesterton's essays are only problematic in that there are much too many of them. five thousand plus! For the majority of GKC readers it is impossible to even begin to approach them or know where to start.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Therefore the best Chesterton articles have been chosen by Dale Ahlquist Joseph Pearce and Aidan Mackey three of the world's foremost Chesterton experts. This collection will be enjoyed by both beginning and advanced Chesterton students.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Astonishingly diverse topics include gargoyles judges architects mystics ghosts pyrotechnics rain and many others. Along with a study at the Bible Shakespeare Dickens Jane Austen George MacDonald and T.S. Eliot. All in GKC's distinctive powerful but always quotable style. The consistency of Chesterton's thinking that unites everything is even more amazing than the variety. a true feast for the heart and mind.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>While some of the articles in this collection might be well-known many of them are being collected here for the first time in well over a century.</span></p>