The Man Who Was Thursday
A Nightmare - With Annotations By Martin Gardner
Item Number: 19228
|
Author:
Format:
ISBN:
H x W x D:
Manufacturer:
Date:
Pages:
|
G. K. Chesterton
Soft Cover
1-58617-042-2
8" (20.3 cm) x 5 1/4" (13.3 cm) x 1" (2.54 cm)
Ignatius Press
2004
289
|
The Man Who Was Thursday - A Nightmare - With Annotations By Martin Gardner
G. K. Chesterton
This edition of Chesterton's masterpiece and most famous novel, The Man Who Was Thursday, explicates and enriches the complete text with extensive footnotes, together with an introductory essay on the metaphysical meaning of Chesterton's profound allegory. Martin Gardner sees the novel's anarchists as symbols of our God-given free will, and the mysterious Sunday as representing Nature, with its strange mixture of good and evil when considered as distinct from God, as a mask hiding the transcendental face of the creator. The book also includes a bibliography listing the novel's many earlier editions and stage dramatizations, as well as numerous illustrations that further illuminate the text. Illustrated
"Gardner's annotating of Chesterton's famous novel is a delight. His notes bring Edwardian London to life, and he offers exciting new insights into the novel's meaning."
—Joseph Pearce, Author, Tolkien: Man and Myth
Contents:
Two Poets of Saffron Park
The Secret of Gabriel Syme
The Man Who Was Thursday
The Tale of the Detective
The Feast of Fear
The Exposure
The unaccountable Conduct of Professor de Worms
The Professor Explains
The Man in Spectacles
The Duel
The Criminals Chase the Police
The Earth in Anarchy
The Pursuit of the President
The Six Philosophers
The Accuser
A Tiber River reviewer hasn't written a review for this book yet.
Sign up as a Tiber River reviewer and see your review here!
(Apart from fame, you can also can get free stuff and gift certificates.)
1. About Muriel Spark 04/22/2009
2. The Ignatius Critical Editions 11/25/2008
My cart is empty.
