In the essays collected in Fancies versus Fads, G. K. Chesterton positions himself as an assailant of "the nonsense of the world": a sworn enemy of fashionable doctrines and the excesses into which they lead their adherents. While sometimes dismissed as a fogeyish reactionary-an image to which he at times gleefully plays up-Chesterton emerges from these essays as a witty and perceptive critic possessed of a profound generosity of spirit. Ranging in its preoccupations from psychoanalysis and the temperance movement to child-rearing and free verse, Fancies versus Fads is a brilliant introduction to one of the most distinctive voices of twentieth-century literature.
| ISBN: | 9781916809253 |
| Publication date: | 11th March 2025 |
| Author: | G K Chesterton |
| Publisher: | ERIS |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 266 pages |
| Series: | Cletham Classics |
| Genres: |
Education |
In the essays collected in Fancies versus Fads, G. K. Chesterton positions himself as an assailant of "the nonsense of the world": a sworn enemy of fashionable doctrines and the excesses into which they lead their adherents. While sometimes dismissed as a fogeyish reactionary-an image to which he at times gleefully plays up-Chesterton emerges from these essays as a witty and perceptive critic possessed of a profound generosity of spirit. Ranging in its preoccupations from psychoanalysis and the temperance movement to child-rearing and free verse, Fancies versus Fads is a brilliant introduction to one of the most distinctive voices of twentieth-century literature.
Fancies Versus Fads features in the following genres: Education
Fancies Versus Fads is available in Paperback
Fancies Versus Fads was written by G K Chesterton and published by ERIS
Fancies Versus Fads has 266 pages
Yes it is part of Cletham Classics series
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