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Chesterton and Evil.


Chesterton And Evil

Mark Knight

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Chesterton And Evil by Mark Knight (Lecturer in the School of English Various English literature university departments or programs are known as the School of English. Articles on such schools include:
  • School of English of the University of Wales, Bangor in the United Kingdom.
  • Queen's School of English at Queen's University in Canada.
 and Modern Languages at the Roehampton University Roehampton University is a campus university situated on three major sites at Roehampton in south-west London, in the United Kingdom. The listed buildings stand in grounds close to Richmond Park and Putney, with central London a few miles away.  of Surrey, England) provides contemporary readers with an informed and informative analysis of the writings of poet, journalist, critic, biographer, novelist, aphorist aph·o·rism  
n.
1. A tersely phrased statement of a truth or opinion; an adage. See Synonyms at saying.

2. A brief statement of a principle.
, Gilbert Keith Chesterton with an especial es·pe·cial  
adj.
1. Of special importance or significance; exceptional: an occasion of especial joy.

2.
 focus upon Chesterton's attitudes with the problem of evil in contemporary society. Drawing upon Chesterton's fiction, essays, criticism, and poetry, Professor Knight argues persuasively that a serious and analytical approach to the nature of evil was the central focus on Chesterton's work within the background context of such then contemporary issues of socialism, capitalism, and other popular ideologies of the day. Chesterton And Evil is a seminal work of impeccable scholarship and will prove to be of intrinsic interest to not only academia, but also to non-specialist general readers with an appreciation of the writings of G. K. Chesterton.
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