Defendant

Author(s)

• G. K. Chesterton

A collection of reprinted articles on a wide-range of subjects, all in the unique style of G. K. Chesterton. Using wit, paradox, and good humor he “defends” a series of seeming harmless things that need no defense, and in so doing he exposes many of the broken assumptions and dogmatic notions of secular humanism and other trends of his age and of ours. (Summary by Ray Clare)

1. In Defence of a New Edition
2. Introduction
3. A Defence of Penny Dreadfuls
4. A Defence of Rash Vows
5. A Defence of Skeletons
6. A Defence of Publicity
7. A Defence of Nonsense
8. A Defence of Planets
9. A Defence of China Shepherdesses
10. A Defence of Useful Information
11. A Defence of Heraldry
12. A Defence of Ugly Things
13. A Defence of Farce
14. A Defence of Humility
15. A Defence of Slang
16. A Defence of Baby-Worship
17. A Defence of Detective Stories
18. A Defence of Patriotism