Lecture 33: The Superstition of Divorce
Chesterton’s Prophetic Views About Marriage and Family
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Chesterton University
A lecture series by Dale Ahlquist covering the wonderful and prolific writings of G.K. Chesterton.
Lecture 32: Irish Impressions
Chesterton’s First Major Trip to Ireland
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Lecture 30: A Short History of England
Chesterton’s Complete and Cohesive Story of England
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Lecture 29: The Appetite of Tyranny
World War 1 Propaganda
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Lecture 28: Collected Poems
How Lepanto Found Its Way Into Print
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Lecture 27: The Wisdom of Father Brown
The Second Collection of the Priest-Detective
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Lecture 26: The Flying Inn
A Rollicking Novel About Prohibition, Filled with Drinking Songs
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Lecture 24: The Victorian Age in Literature
Literary Criticism of Nineteenth-Century English Writers
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Lecture 23: A Miscellany of Men
Essays from The Daily News
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Lecture 21: The Ballad of the White Horse
The Last Great Epic Poem in the English Language
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Lecture 20: The Innocence of Father Brown
The First Collection of Father Brown Stories
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Lecture 19: Appreciations and Criticisms
Introductions to Each of Charles Dickens’ Novels
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Lecture 18: William Blake
A Masterful Exploration of the Eighteenth-Century Mystic
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Lecture 17: Alarms and Discursions
Essays from The Daily News
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Lecture 16: What’s Wrong with the World
The Title Says it All
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Lecture 15: The Ball and the Cross
The Story of a Duel and a Debate
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Lecture 14: Tremendous Trifles
Essays Originally from The Daily News
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Lecture 13: George Bernard Shaw
A Thorough Analysis of Shaw
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Lecture 11: All Things Considered
Essays on “All Things”
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Lecture 10: The Man Who Was Thursday
Chesterton’s Cosmic Detective Story
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Lecture 9: Charles Dickens
The Best Work of Literary Criticism Ever Written
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Lecture 8: Heretics
Leading Thinkers of Chesterton’s Day and Why They are Wrong
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Lecture 7: The Club of Queer Trades
Chesterton’s Send-Up of Sherlock Holmes
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Lecture 6: The Napoleon of Notting Hill
Chesterton’s First Novel
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Lecture 5: G.F. Watts
Chesterton’s Appreciation of the Now-Forgotten Painter
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Lecture 4: Robert Browning
Chesterton’s Appreciation of the Poet: On a Happy Man
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Lecture 3: Twelve Types (and Varied Types)
Chesterton’s Second Book of Essays on Historical and Literary Figures
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