{"product_id":"the-dark-side-of-g-k-chesterton-9781476684970","title":"The Dark Side of G.K. Chesterton","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e   This is a critical study of the great British man of letters G.K. Chesterton, devoted to the novels, stories and essays that explore the darker fringes of his wild imagination. Everything is different in the dark, wrote Chesterton; perhaps you don''t know how terrible a truth that is. Chesterton''s use of the theme of gargoyles provides the thematic structure of the book. It covers the detective stories of Father Brown and others, the locked rooms and miracle crimes in his writing, his status as a science fiction writer, and the riddles and paradoxes of three works--\u003ci\u003eJob, The Man Who Was Thursday,\u003c\/i\u003e and the play \u003ci\u003eThe Surprise\u003c\/i\u003e. This volume also includes an interlude about Chesterton and Jorge Luis Borges and a robust appendix including interviews about the formation of Ignatius Press''s \u003ci\u003eCollected Chesterton\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eThe Dark Side of G.K. Chesterton: Gargoyles and Grotesques\u003c\/i\u003e presents an extensive study of the detective story in general, with an emphasis on the classic school, from Poe, Arthur Conan Doyle, and G.K. Chesterton to contemporary practitioners Ellery Queen and John Dickson Carr.  Special attention is devoted to that exotic branch known as the so-called 'miracle crime,' which in Chesterton's hands tests the boundaries of reality and fantasy.” —Jon Lellenberg, Conan Doyle biographer and author\/editor of the \u003cem\u003eBaker Street Irregulars' Archival History Series\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e“Working within the darker aspects of G. K. Chesterton's legacy, John Tibbetts explores the unexpected ways that Chesterton's enduring stories and novels cross the threshold of science fiction. Chesterton's abiding urge to extrapolate, to take a 'what if' far out into the fantastic, is also seen in the timeless fiction of Ray Bradbury, a writer who loved to read Chesterton throughout his life. Indeed, Tibbetts touches upon a profound synergy between the two men in ways that weave a sturdy thread through the entire volume.” —Jonathan R. Eller, co-founder of the Center for Ray Bradbury Studies and Chancellor's Professor emeritus, Indiana University\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003eA Note on Chesterton Page References\u003cbr\u003eForeword by Dale Ahlquist\u003cbr\u003ePrologue: \"Under a Crooked Sky\"\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction: The Table Is Set\u003cbr\u003eChapter One. Chesterton and His Gargoyles: \"A Gnarled Fancy\"\u003cbr\u003eChapter Two. \"Let the Tale Be Told\": The Weird Tales\u003cbr\u003eChapter Three. \"Sometimes I See Things in the Dark\": The Detective Stories\u003cbr\u003eChapter Four. \"Will Someone Please Explain the Explanation?\" Locked Rooms and Miracle Crimes\u003cbr\u003eInterlude: Chesterton and Jorge Luis Borges: \"The Precarious Subjection of a Demoniacal Will\"\u003cbr\u003eChapter Five. \"It is a new planet and it shall bear my name\" Chesterton and Science Fiction\u003cbr\u003eChapter Six. Thursday's Children: Job, The Man Who Was Thursday and The Surprise\u003cbr\u003eEpilogue\u003cbr\u003eAppendix A. \"On the Road to Top Meadow\"\u003cbr\u003eAppendix B. \"The Man Who Knew Too Much\": The Story of Ignatius Press' Collected Chesterton\u003cbr\u003eAppendix C. \"A Mastery of Miracles\": G.K. Chesterton and John Dickson Carr (by Douglas G. Greene)\u003cbr\u003eAppendix D. \"G.K. Chesterton, Ray Bradbury, and George Bernard Shaw\" by Jonathan Eller\u003cbr\u003eAppendix E. Father Brown's ­Space-Age Adventure: \"The Spear of the Sun\" G.K. Ch*st*rt*n\u003cbr\u003eChapter Notes\u003cbr\u003eBibliography\u003cbr\u003eIndex","brand":"McFarland \u0026 Co Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51040491864407,"sku":"9781476684970","price":35.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781476684970.jpg?v=1750946917","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-dark-side-of-g-k-chesterton-9781476684970","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}