Can I read Christianity, patriotism, and nationhood : the England of G.K. Chesterton on EtoBox?

Christianity, patriotism, and nationhood : the England of G.K. Chesterton by Stapleton, Julia is a book available to read on EtoBox.

What is Christianity, patriotism, and nationhood : the England of G.K. Chesterton about?

This book links the concepts of patriotism, Christianity, and nationhood in the journalistic writings of G.K. Chesterton and emphasizes their roots within the English attachments that were central to his political and spiritual persona. It further connects Chesterton to the vibrant debate about English national identity in the early years of the twentieth century, which was instrumental in shaping not only his political convictions, but also his religious convictions. Christianity, Patriotism and Nationhood explores his changing conception of the English people from an early, menacing account of their revolutionary potential in the face of plutocracy to the more complex portraits he drew of their character on recognizing their political passivity after the First World War. As Chesterton was above all a journalist, the study considers some of the varied outlets in which he expressed his ideas as a distinctly Edwardian man of letters of a strongly patriotic persuasion. His connection with The Illustrated London News over more than three decades proved pivotal in strengthening his patriotism and discourse of nationhood vilified elsewhere, not least in advanced Liberal organs such asTh

Author

Stapleton, Julia

Publisher

Lexington Books, a div. of Rowman & Littlefield

Published

2008

Language

EN

ISBN

9780739132623

Subjects

Literary Fiction, Political Science, Religion