One year of reading G.K.Chesterton

My experiences during one year of reading (about) Chesterton.

Sunday, January 1, 2012

The ballad of the white horse

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Even though my 'official' year with Chesterton ended yesterday, I picked up this work of poetry today to get some taste of it. A few...
Saturday, December 31, 2011

The everlasting man

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In these final days of this year, I decided to reread this monumental work by Chesterton. I was not disappointed: the description of paganis...
Tuesday, December 27, 2011

What I saw in America

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I loved the first chapter of this book, where Chesterton discusses his experiences at the American consulate. Later observations are also re...
Monday, December 19, 2011

The American consulate

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I just started 'What I saw in America', and I am still laughing at Chesterton's description of the forms he had to fill out at t...

The crimes of England

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This has been the sole book by Chesterton which seemed to be outdated. This may be merely my perception, because of a lack of knowledge of n...
Saturday, December 17, 2011

Pan-Germanism

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Chesterton allegorizes the nature of Pan-Germanism as follows: The horse asserts that all other creatures are morally bound to sacrifice th...
Monday, December 12, 2011

Germany and England

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Chesterton's book 'The crimes of England' seems to principally deal with the relation between England and Germany (which is not ...
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