[异端].Heretics.(英)切斯特顿.英文文字版

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1、TheAuthorHERETICSbyGilbertK.Chesterton"ToMyFather"1TheAuthorTheAuthorGilbertKeithChestertonwasborninLondon,Englandonthe29thofMay,1874.Thoughheconsideredhimselfamere"rollickingjournalist,"hewasactuallyaprolificandgiftedwriterinvirtuallyeveryareaofliterature.Amanofstrongopinionsande

2、normouslytalentedatdefendingthem,hisexuberantpersonalityneverthelessallowedhimtomaintainwarmfriendshipswithpeople--suchasGeorgeBernardShawandH.G.Wells--withwhomhevehementlydisagreed.Chestertonhadnodifficultystandingupforwhathebelieved.HewasoneofthefewjournaliststoopposetheBoerWar.

3、His1922"EugenicsandOtherEvils"attackedwhatwasatthattimethemostprogressiveofallideas,theideathatthehumanracecouldandshouldbreedasuperiorversionofitself.IntheNaziexperience,historydemonstratedthewisdomofhisonce"reactionary"views.Hispoetryrunsthegamutfromthecomic1908"OnRunningAfterOn

4、e'sHat"todarkandseriousballads.Duringthedarkdaysof1940,whenBritainstoodvirtuallyaloneagainstthearmedmightofNaziGermany,theselinesfromhis1911BalladoftheWhiteHorsewereoftenquoted:Itellyounaughtforyourcomfort,Yea,naughtforyourdesire,SavethattheskygrowsdarkeryetAndtheseariseshigher.Th

5、oughnotwrittenforascholarlyaudience,hisbiographiesofauthorsandhistoricalfigureslikeCharlesDickensandSt.FrancisofAssisioftencontainbrilliantinsightsintotheirsubjects.HisFatherBrownmysterystories,writtenbetween1911and1936,arestillbeingreadandadaptedfortelevision.Hispoliticsfittedwit

6、hhisdeepdistrustofconcentratedwealthandpowerofanysort.AlongwithhisfriendHilaireBellocandinbookslikethe1910"What'sWrongwiththeWorld"headvocatedaviewcalled"Distributionism"thatwasbestsummedupbyhisexpressionthatevery2TheAuthormanoughttobeallowedtoown"threeacresandacow."Thoughnotknowa

7、sapoliticalthinker,hispoliticalinfluencehascircledtheworld.Someseeinhimthefatherofthe"smallisbeautiful"movementandanewspaperarticlebyhimiscreditedwithprovokingGandhitoseeka"genuine"nationalismforIndiaratherthanonethatimitatedtheBritish.Hereticsbelongstoyetanotherareaofliteratureat

8、whichChestertonexcelled.Afun-lovi