G.K. Chesterton

Hurley, Michael D.

doi:10.2307/j.ctv5qdhqr

Cited by 3 publications

(1 citation statement)

References 0 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

“…As Michael Hurley has commented, Chesterton 'thinks through language, in ways that confound attempts to read him as a thinker without first appreciating him as a writer.' 3 The essay will begin by briefly investigating Chesterton's treatment of two age-old fields of imagery, those of vision and of energy, with additional reference to other aspects of his use of language. I will critique Chesterton's use of language and imagery by bringing it into dialogue with certain images used by the philosopher Mary Midgley and by his fellow Christian apologist C.S.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Imagery and argumentation in apologetics: a case study

Pickering

2023

The Heythrop Journal

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

This essay explores aspects of the relationship between imagery and thought in the work of the English apologist G.K. Chesterton (1874‐1936), focusing on the language and imagery of energy and of vision in his work. It attempts to assess both the strengths and the weaknesses of the ways in which imagery and other aspects of this writer's use of language relate to his argumentation. It also explores the possibility that Chesterton's work can shed light on one of the philosophical dimensions of apologetics, namely, apologists’ attempts to present concepts that cannot be explicitly stated, as part of a defence of Christianity. In considering this issue, it brings Chesterton's use of imagery into dialogue with certain images in the work of the philosopher Mary Midgley and the apologist C.S. Lewis. Finally, it draws certain tentative conclusions concerning the role of imagery in relation to argumentation, within the field of apologetics.

show abstract

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Imagery and argumentation in apologetics: a case study

Pickering

2023

The Heythrop Journal

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

Chesterton, Gilbert Keith

Hurley

2015

The Encyclopedia of Victorian Literature

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

G. K. Chesterton (1874–1936) resists the easy abbreviations of literary survey, whether by period, subject, or style. He overspills the standard descriptive categories, self‐consciously opposing rather than reflecting the dominant moral, artistic, and intellectual ideals of his time, while writing prolifically on diverse topics across a dozen genres (and often indeed confounding the thematic and formal expectations within individual genres). His achievement may therefore be best understood in terms of the very characteristics that make his work hard to paraphrase: notably its paradoxical capacity for earnest humor, which animates not only his fantastic fiction but also his overtly philosophical and theological writings.

show abstract

Paradoks Chestertonowskiej wizji wolności społecznej na przykładzie wiersza "To St. Michael, in Time of Peace"

Sobiech

2022

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Even though Gilbert Keith Chesterton remained a political Rousseauism-like radical throughout his life, with time the ideal of political liberty understood in line with the philosophy of Jean-Jacques Rousseau found less and less vivid expression inhis writings, leaving the most important element animating them virtually invisible for less knowledgeable readers. The aim of this paper is to demonstrate and explain thisfact on the basis of the analysis of one of the most famous poems penned by the English author, entitled To St. Michael, in Times of Peace (1929). The analysis follows the methodology devised by a distinguished Polish scholar, Stefan Sawicki.

show abstract

G.K. Chesterton

Cited by 3 publications

References 0 publications

Imagery and argumentation in apologetics: a case study

Imagery and argumentation in apologetics: a case study

Chesterton, Gilbert Keith

Paradoks Chestertonowskiej wizji wolności społecznej na przykładzie wiersza "To St. Michael, in Time of Peace"

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About