The Historical Imagination of G.K. Chesterton: Locality, Patriotism, and Nationalism

Joseph R. McCleary

The Historical Imagination of G.K. Chesterton: Locality, Patriotism, and Nationalism
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Country
United Kingdom
Published
23 April 2015
Pages
158
ISBN
9781138868724

The Historical Imagination of G.K. Chesterton: Locality, Patriotism, and Nationalism

Joseph R. McCleary

This study examines a selection of Chesterton’s novels, poetry, and literary criticism and outlines the distinctive philosophy of history that emerges from these writings. Looking at Chesteron’s relationship with and influence upon authors including William Cobbett, Sir Walter Scott, Belloc, Shaw, H.G. Wells, Christopher Dawson, Evelyn Waugh, and Marshall McLuhan, McCleary contends that Chesterton’s recurring use of the themes of locality, patriotism, and nationalism embodies a distinctive understanding of what gives history its coherence. The study concludes that Chesterton’s emphasis on locality is the hallmark of his historical philosophy in that it blends the concepts of free will, specificity, and creatureliness which he uses to make sense of history.

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