The Well and the Shallows - Chesterton, G. K.

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Résumé :
One of G. K. Chesterton?s finest collection of essays, The Well and the Shallows, explore more controversial themes than typically seen in the work of the English writer. Written with Chesterton?s biting wit, he touches on various cultural, social and moral issues from birth control to Catholicism. Chesterton?s perceptive analysis of core issues within modern society remains startling relatable nearly 100 years since its publication. Written shortly after his conversion to Catholicism, he writes with tremendous foresight focusing on subjects like Catholicism, Reformation and Protestantism, and other profound writings on political and social issues based around the central theme of religion. Essays in this volume include: My Six Conversions The Return to Religion The Higher Nihilism The Ascetic At Large Babies and Distribution A Century of Emancipation Trade Terms Shocking the Modernists Sex and Property Why Protestants Prohibit Where is the Paradox? The Well and the Shallows is an insightful collection of essays on some of the most important ideas of the modernist era written by one of the greatest English writers of the 20th century. It is a perfect read for those interested in the work of G. K. Chesterton or any with a broader interest in historical, social analysis from a religious perspective.

Biographie:
G. K. Chesterton, foi um escritor, poeta, dramaturgo, jornalista, palestrante, bi?grafo, e cr?tico de arte ingl?s. Chesterton ? muitas vezes referido como o pr?ncipe do paradoxo.Sobre seu estilo, a revista Time comentou: Sempre que poss?vel Chesterton produz seus pontos com ditos populares, prov?rbios, alegorias - primeiro, cuidadosamente, virando-os de dentro para fora. Chesterton ? bem conhecido por seu personagem de fic??o, o sacerdote-detetive Padre Brown, e por sua apolog?tica. Mesmo seus oponentes reconheceram a import?ncia de textos como Ortodoxia ou O Homem Eterno. Um dos principais admiradores de Chesterton foi o escritor argentino Jorge Lu?s Borges, que viu no ingl?s um escritor na linha de Franz Kafka e Edgar Allan Poe, reconhecendo, contudo, um estilo que deu a Chesterton sua pr?pria originalidade.

Sommaire:
G. K. Chesterton (1874 - 1936) was an English writer, philosopher and literary and art critic. Chesterton created the fictional priest-detective Father Brown. He decided to follow art as a career, and studied at the Slade School, where, while attending or not attending to his studies, he met Ernest Hodder-Williams, who encouraged Chesterton in his writing. At his request he reviewed a number of books for the Bookman and found himself launched on a profession he was to follow all his life. Probably his most famous stories are those of Father Brown, but he wrote much about every conceivable subject under or beyond the sun. His fiction works would sell well, with titles such as The Man Who Was Thursday, a thriller combining espionage and metaphysics, and The Everlasting Man, which chronicles mankind's spiritual journey....