Chesterton, G(ilbert) K(eith)
- Chesterton, G(ilbert) K(eith)
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died June 14, 1936, Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire
British man of letters.
Chesterton was a journalist, a scholar, a novelist and short-story writer, and a poet. His works of social and literary criticism include
Robert Browning (1903),
Charles Dickens (1906), and
The Victorian Age in Literature (1913). Even before his conversion to Roman Catholicism in 1922, he was interested in theology and religious argument. His fiction includes
The Napoleon of Notting Hill (1904), the popular allegorical novel
The Man Who Was Thursday (1908), and his most successful creation, the series of detective novels featuring the priest-sleuth Father Brown.
G.K. Chesterton, chalk drawing by James Gunn, 1932; in the National Portrait Gallery, London.
Courtesy of The National Portrait Gallery, London
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Universalium.
2010.
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Chesterton, G(ilbert) K(eith) — (29 may. 1874, Londres, Inglaterra–14 jun. 1936, Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire). Hombre de letras británico. Chesterton fue periodista, erudito, novelista, cuentista y poeta. Sus obras de crítica social y literaria incluyen Robert Browning (1903) … Enciclopedia Universal
Chesterton — [ches′tər tən] G(ilbert) K(eith) 1874 1936; Eng. writer … English World dictionary
Chesterton — /ches teuhr teuhn/, n. G(ilbert) K(eith), 1874 1936, English essayist, critic, and novelist. * * * … Universalium
Chesterton — Ches•ter•ton [[t]ˈtʃɛs tər tən[/t]] n. big G(ilbert) K(eith), 1874–1936, English essayist, critic, and novelist … From formal English to slang
Chesterton — /ˈtʃɛstətən/ (say chestuhtuhn) noun G(ilbert) K(eith), 1874–1936, English essayist, critic, and novelist; author of the Father Brown detective stories …
Gilbert — (De W. Gilbert, físico inglés.) ► sustantivo masculino FÍSICA Denominación del gilbertio en la nomenclatura internacional. * * * gilbert. (Del ingl. gilbert, y este de W. Gilbert, 1544 1603, físico inglés). m. Fís. Unidad de fuerza magnetomotriz… … Enciclopedia Universal
Keith — (as used in expressions) Chesterton, G(ilbert) K(eith) Gordon, Dexter (Keith) Haring, Keith Jarrett, Keith Kellogg, John Harvey y W(ill) K(eith) Lansdowne, Henry Charles Keith Petty Fitzmaurice, 5 marqués de Murdoch, (Keith) Rupert … Enciclopedia Universal
G.K. Chesterton, chalk drawing by James Gunn, 1932; in the National Portrait Gallery, London.Courtesy of The National Portrait Gallery, London