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Born in May 29, 1874 / Died in June 14, 1936 / United Kingdom / English

Furtherreading

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FURTHER READINGS ABOUT THE AUTHOR: BOOKS
  • Barker, Dudley, G. K. Chesterton: A Biography, Stein & Day, 1973.
  • Belloc, Hilaire, The Place of Gilbert Chesterton in English Letters, Sheed & Ward (New York, NY), 1940.
  • Bogaerts, Anthony Mattheus Adrianus, Chesterton and the Victorian Age, Rozenbeek en Venemans, 1940.
  • Boyd, Ian, The Novels of G. K. Chesterton: A Study in Art and Propaganda, Barnes & Noble (New York, NY), 1975.
  • Canovan, Margaret, G. K. Chesterton: Radical Populist, Harcourt (New York, NY), 1977.
  • Carol, Sister M., G. K. Chesterton: The Dynamic Classicist, Morilal Banarsidass, 1971.
  • Chesterton, Cecil, Gilbert K. Chesterton: A Criticism, John Lane (New York, NY), 1909.
  • Chesterton, G. K., Autobiography, Hutchinson (London, England), 1936, published as The Autobiography of G. K. Chesterton, Sheed & Ward (New York, NY), 1936.
  • Clemens, Cyril, Chesterton As Seen by His Contemporaries, Mark Twain Society, 1939.
  • Clipper, Lawrence J., G. K. Chesterton, Twayne, 1974.
  • Coates, John, Chesterton and the Edwardian Cultural Crisis, Hull University Press, 1984.
  • Concise Dictionary of British Literary Biography, Volume 6: Modern Writers, 1914-1945, Gale (Detroit, MI), 1991.
  • Conlon, D. J., editor, G. K. Chesterton: A Half Century of Views, Oxford University Press, 1987.
  • Dale, Alzina Stone, The Outline of Sanity: A Life of G. K. Chesterton, Eerdmans (Grand Rapids, MI), 1982.
  • Dictionary of Literary Biography, Gale (Detroit, MI), Volume 10: Modern British Dramatists, 1900-1945, 1982, Volume 19: British Poets, 1880-1914, 1983, Volume 34: British Novelists, 1890-1929: Traditionalists, 1985, Volume 70: British Mystery Writers, 1860-1919, 1988, Volume 98: Modern British Essaysts, First Series, 1990, Volume 149: Late Nineteenth-and Early Twentieth-Century British Literary Biographers, 1995, Volume 178: British Fantasy and Science-Fiction Writers before World War I, 1997.
  • Encyclopedia of World Biography, 2nd edition, seventeen volumes, Gale (Detroit, MI), 1998.
  • Fagerberg, David W., The Size of Chesterton's Catholicism, University of Notre Dame Press (Notre Dame, IN), 1998.
  • Hollis, Christopher, The Mind of Chesterton, Hollis & Carter, 1970.
  • Hunter, Lynette, G. K. Chesterton: Explorations in Allegory, St. Martin's Press (New York, NY), 1979.
  • Kenner, Hugh,Paradox in Chesterton, Sheed & Ward (New York, NY), 1947.
  • Knox, Ronald, editor and author of introduction, Father Brown: Selected Stories by G. K. Chesterton, Oxford University Press, 1955.
  • O'Connor, John, Father Brown on Chesterton, Muller/Burns, Oates, 1937.
  • Peters, Thomas C., Battling for the Modern Mind: A Beginner's Chesterton, CPH (St. Louis. MO), 1994.
  • Rauch, Rufus William, A Chesterton Celebration, Notre Dame University Press (Notre Dame, IN), 1983.
  • Reference Guide to English Literature, 2nd edition, St. James Press (Detroit, MI), 1991.
  • Routley, Eric, The Puritan Pleasures of the Detective Story: A Personal Monograph, Gollancz (London, England), 1972.
  • St. James Guide to Crime and Mystery Writers, 4th edition, St. James Press (Detroit, MI), 1996.
  • St. James Guide to Fantasy Writers, St. James Press (Detroit, MI), 1996.
  • Short Story Criticism, Volume 1, Gale (Detroit, MI), 1988.
  • Sprug, Joseph W., editor, An Index to G. K. Chesterton, Catholic University of America Press, 1966.
  • Sullivan, John, G. K. Chesterton: A Bibliography, University of London Press (London, England), 1958.
  • Sullivan, John, Chesterton Continued: A Bibliographic Supplement, University of London Press (London, England), 1968.
  • Tadie, Andrew A. and Michael H. MacDonald, Permanent Things: Toward the Recovery of a More Human Scale at the End of the Twentieth Century, William B. Eerdmans (Grand Rapids, MI), 1995.
  • Titterton, W. R., G. K. Chesterton: A Portrait, Organ, 1936.
  • Twentieth-Century Literary Criticism, Volume 6, Gale (Detroit, MI), 1982.
  • Ward, Maisie, Gilbert Keith Chesterton, Sheed & Ward (New York, NY), 1943.
  • Winks, Robin W., editor, Mystery and Suspense Writers: The Literature of Crime, Detection, and Espionage, two volumes, Scribner (New York, NY), 1998.
PERIODICALS
  • Chesterton Review, fall/winter, 1974--.
  • Christian History, August, 2002, special issue devoted to Chesterton.
  • Commonweal, August 14, 1992, A. W. R. Sipe and B. C. Lamb, "Chesterton's Brown and Greeley's Blackie: Two Very Different Detectives," pp. 18-21.
  • English Literature in Transition, 1880-1920, fall, 2002, Mark Knight, review of Basil Howe, pp. 464-467.
  • National Review, September 6, 1985, M. D. Aeschliman, review of As I Was Saying: A Chesterton Reader, pp. 54-55; August 14, 1987, James E. Person, Jr., review of Daylight and Nightmare: Uncollected Stories and Fables, p. 53.
  • Renascence, spring, 2001, Joseph Schwartz, "Chesterton on the Idea of Christian Tragedy," p. 227.
  • Spectator, June 30, 2001, P. J. Kavanagh, review of Basil Howe, p. 45.
  • Times Literary Supplement, December 25-31, 1987.
ONLINE
  • American Chesterton Society Web site, http://www.chesterton.org/ (April 22, 2004).*