Contains three of Chesterton's most influential works. In Heretics, Chesterton sets forth one of the most telling critiques of contemporary religious notions ever. The Blatchford Controversies are the spirited public debate which led to the writing of Heretics.

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Edited by Aidan Mackey

The first of two volumes of Chesterton's poetry, many of which have never been published before. Mackey, a Chesterton expert, has been collecting GKC's poems over a period of years and he has arranged them by subject.

 

This volume includes the collected plays of G. K. Chesterton, his controversial writings on Bernard Shaw (who referred to GKC as a colossal genius), and a bibliography. Many of the items appear for the first time in book form.

 Compiled and Edited by Denis J. Conlon

The long-awaited second volume of Chesterton’s collected poetry is now here. Edited by Denis J. Conlon, this book picks up where the last volume left off, continuing the complete collection of the great Christian writer’s verse with all poems, both published and unpublished, until 1900.

 

G.K. Chesterton, one of the most prolific writers of the 20th century, is most famous for a series of mystery stories and novelettes that feature the Roman Catholic priest, Fr.

 

Father Brown Stories Part II: Incredulity of Fr. Brown, The Secret of Fr. Brown, The Scandal of Fr. Brown, The Vampire of the Village, The Mask of Midas

Introduction and notes by John Peterson

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Throughout his life, Gilbert Chesterton always had a propensity for throwing his genius around. As a result of this tendency, Chesterton penned articles, essays, stories, and poems for so many periodicals that it was almost impossible to keep track of them.

 

Introduction by Alzina Stone Dale

It is not widely known that the author of the Father Brown detective stories, Orthodoxy and The Everlasting Man was also an accomplished man of letters and a literary critic of the first order.

 

A two-in-one bargain: a book that is both by Chesterton and about Chesterton. An irresistable opportunity to see who this man really was. Includes 37 rare photos of Chesterton.

 

In this volume's studies in literary criticism and biography, Chesterton exhibits his congenital perception of character and motive which makes all of his biographies shine. Chesterton's warm affection for Stevenson and Chaucer is vastly evident in his volumes on them.

 

Edited by Fr. James V. Schall, S.J.

This next volume in Chesterton’s series of collected works contains four of his books and four shorter “English” essays.

 This volume contains Chesterton's commentaries and reflections on what he saw on his travels in America and Rome, plus an appendix on how America saw Chesterton. On January 10, 1921, Gilbert and Frances Chesterton began a three month tour of the United States.