Twelve Types (Annotated), by G. K. Chesterton
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Includes: -Biography Description: G. K. Chesterton's biographical essays provide unique portraits of 12 of Europe's most defining figures. Written by one of the world's master essayists, this collection richly expresses Chesterton's thoughts on Charlotte Brontë, William Morris, Byron, Pope, St. Francis of Assisi, Rostand, Charles II, Stevenson, Thomas Carlyle, Tolstoy, Savonarola, and Sir Walter Scott. The book is a perfect companion for any literature, politics, or history course dealing with European history. It is also an excellent addition to any personal or scholarly library.
Twelve Types (Annotated), by G. K. Chesterton- Amazon Sales Rank: #2865927 in eBooks
- Published on: 2015-03-25
- Released on: 2015-03-25
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Review "Each essay in this wonderful little book has something stimulating to say." -- Jim Bemis, The Wanderer, December 31, 2003
About the Author Gilbert Keith Chesterton was born in London, England, in 1874. He went on to study art at the Slade School, and literature at University College in London. Chesterton wrote a great deal of poetry, as well as works of social and literary criticism. Among his most notable books are "The Man Who Was Thursday", a metaphysical thriller, and "The Everlasting Man", a history of humankind's spiritual progress. After Chesterton converted to Catholicism in 1922, he wrote mainly on religious topics such as "Orthodoxy" and "Heretics". Chesterton is most known for creating the famous priest-detective character Father Brown, who first appeared in "The Innocence of Father Brown". Chesterton died in 1936 at the age of 62.
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32 of 34 people found the following review helpful. We admire ruined monasteries. Why not ruined men as well? By T. Patrick Killough "GKC" was pushing 30 when TWELVE TYPES was pulled together in book form in 1903. It made his literary reputation among the cognoscenti of England.His little essays touch on one woman and eleven men. All twelve "types" are well known, although for different skills, including writing, thinking, brooding or kinging it.Charlotte Bronte wrote of plain people with big, sometimes tortured souls. William Morris found the 19th Century ugly and tried to reshape it in stained glass and cloth to evoke better bygone ages.Lord Byron wore many disguises, including pessimism. Robert Louis Stevenson was even more a man of masks. Alexander Pope knew, generously, that people worth satirizing had to have a core of value. He made his witty, wise couplets look easy. But no one who has copied him has been remotely so good.What did Francis of Assisi and Edmund Rostand share? They were great poets, first and foremost. Francis loved life and people more happily than anyone before or since. Rostand's soldiers dying in fear of the crows that would soon pluck out their eyes cheered for Napoleon one last "Vive l'empereur!."That idlest but most despotic of Stuart Kings, Charles II, was a thorough sceptic. He was not just sceptical about this or that. He doubted everything. Even in turning Catholic and taking communion on his deathbed, he might muse, "The wafer might not be God, similarly it might not be a wafer." Charles's restoration in 1660 was a revolt "of the debris of human nature." Men of the Restoration, weak Epicureans all, were masters of killing time. Higher Epicureans "make time live."Thomas Carlyle believed his message to be true and important but did not think it important to persuade others. Count Tolstoy saw the simplicity of "mere Christianity" but then tried to codify it in rules. Michelangelo was a friend of the austere Dominican Monk of Florence Savonarola and would gladly have tossed his greatest works into the "bonfire of the vanities" if he thought its flames signaled "the dawn of a younger and wiser world."Finally, Sir Walter Scott. He is the eternal king of romance and romance touches the deepest core of human nature. First impressions are deepest. And boys are therefore right to pay more attention to Bruce's plume than to his hatreds. Sir Walter tells a story lovingly. He invites us to sip it like wine and not gulp it down like bitter medicine.TWELVE TYPES is a book to pull out of our pocket when the world grows too much with us. It is wise, consoling, provocative. It is over a hundred years old And don't we all wish that we could write something half so timely! -OOO-
14 of 15 people found the following review helpful. A HEAVY READ, BUT NECESSARY By A. Calabrese This is one of Chesterton's smallest books, but boy is it packed with knowledge. If you are considering a career in literary criticism you would do well to purchase this book. At times, because Chesterton can be so deep, it is hard to follow. But there are good footnotes in the back of the book. Read it slowly, and savor every moment.
3 of 4 people found the following review helpful. Fine Collection of Essays but This is Not a Book By Kevin M. Derby This review is focused on the IHS edition of "Twelve Types." While "Twelve Types" is one of Chesterton's earliest works--he was not even 30 when he wrote it--there is much to ponder in his twelve sketches of leading thinkers and figures of the last millennium. While Chesterton was a fine biographer, as his later works on St. Francis--who is one of the figures sketched in an essay in "Twelve Types"--and St. Thomas Aquinas show, the subtitle is not correct. These are not "mini-biographies." These are quick glimpses of one aspect or another of figures ranging from Charles II to Tolstoy. There is much to kick over in these pieces though some of these essays are free-wheeling, even by Chesterton's standards. While this book is not the classic that some of Chesterton's other works are, it is still a profitable and enjoyable read.So why three stars? This "book" was less than 100 pages--of which less than 75 are from Chesterton. IHS could have easily placed this in another book of Chesterton's. The introduction was fine but the notes seemed a bit too much. We may need notes to tell us Randolph Churchill was. We do not need notes to tell us about the artist Chesterton calls "Michael Angelo" was or that "Punch and Judy" are a puppet show. I have a high opinion of IHS but they could have included this with another work of Chesterton instead of publishing this slip of a book.
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