Chesterton [Paperback]

Garry Wills (Author)

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Publication Date: September 4, 2001

The Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Lincoln at Gettysburg and Papal Sin captures the many dimensions of one of the twentieth century's most influential writers.

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About the Author

Garry Wills is an adjunct professor of history at North-western University. Wills receieved a Ph.D. in classics from Yale and has had a distinguished career as an author, with books such as Lincoln at Gettysburg and Papal Sin. He has received numerous accolades, including the 1978 National Books Critics Circle Award for Criticism (for Inventing America) and the 1993 Pulitzer Prize gor General Nonfiction (for Lincoln at Gettysburg). Wills is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and his articles appear frequently in the New York Review of Books.

Product Details

• Paperback: 352 pages
• Publisher: Image; Revised edition (September 4, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0385502907
• ISBN-13: 978-0385502900
• Product Dimensions: 5.5 x 0.9 x 8.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,038,105 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Garry Wills is one of the most respected writers on religion today. He is the author of Saint Augustine's Childhood, Saint Augustine's Memory, and Saint Augustine's Sin, the first three volumes in this series, as well as the Penguin Lives biography Saint Augustine. His other books include "Negro President": Jefferson and the Slave Power, Why I Am a Catholic, Papal Sin, and Lincoln at Gettysburg, which won the Pulitzer Prize.

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19 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Wills on Chesterton, May 14, 2002

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Jared J. Nelson (Normal, IL United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Chesterton (Paperback)

Chesterton is one of the most towering intellectual writers of the 20th century. Garry Wills does an amazing feat in exploring the literary development of Chesterton (instead of a normal biography as the events of one's life.) Reading Wills' book really illuminates the genius of Chesterton through his works and is a must read for all Chesterton fans.

15 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Wills on Chesterton, May 11, 2002

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Jared J. Nelson (Normal, IL United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Chesterton (Paperback)

G.K. Chesterton has to be one of the most towering figures of the 20th Century. He has a paradoxical quote for almost every subject. This, however, is not a typical biography of events tempered with anecdotes to keep the reader's interest. Rather, Garry Wills ventures to chart Chesterton's intellectual development through his works. After reading Wills' [literary] biography, you have to wonder how society has forgotten perhaps the greatest writer of prose, not to mention greatest mind, the past century has seen. Read this book and marvel...

7 of 28 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars biased, March 4, 2007

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This review is from: Chesterton (Paperback)

This work is written by a radical who opposes Church teachings. Wills allows his own opinions to influence his scholarship. See much better accounts by Chesterton himself, Ahlquist, or many other reliable biographers.