Heretics
by G. K. Chesterton
G. K. Chesterton, "The Prince of Paradoxes", is the best in this collection, which consists of twenty articles and articles from the beginning of the twentieth century. Chesterton assesses leading figures from the literary and artistic worlds who fall into this category, focusing on the "heretics" who boast of the superiority of conservative views. Luminaries such as Rudyard Kipling, George Bernard Shaw, H. G. Wells, and James McNeil Whistler come under the scrutiny of the author, where they meet equal measure of their characteristic wisdom and good humor. In addition to sharp assessments of famous personalities ("Mr. Rudyard Kipling and Making the World Small" and "Mr. H. G. Wells and the Giants"), these articles contain observations of the wider world. About Sandals and Simplicity, Science and the Wilds, About some contemporary writers and the family institution, About the clever novelists and the intelligent set, and about the slums and slum novelists, reflect the main themes of Chesterton's work. The infidels incurred the wrath of some critics for denouncing modern philosophies without offering an alternative; The author responded a few years later with an accompanying volume, Orthodoxy .
