General Information

Author/Creator

Baker, David, 1950-

Language

English.

Published

London ; New York : Tauris Academic Studies, 1996.

Physical Description

250 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Contents/Summary

Summary

Arthur Kenneth Chesterton, cousin of G. K. Chesterton, grew up in South Africa where he developed his "colonial outsider" view of England and of the First World War. By the age of 21, Chesterton was an archetypal "angry young man" - ex-colonial, ex-officer with literary interests and accomplishments. As an increasingly disillusioned literary critic and newspaper editor, he created a world based on his reading of English literature - an idealized version of British society. The result was a cultural despair which sealed his acceptance of fascism in 1933. In this biography, David Baker examines the socio-psychological profile of A. K. Chesterton to help explain the nature of fascism. The author questions previous academic interpretations, suggesting that a definition of fascist ideology must be broadened to take account of its fatal attraction to those who might have remained self-assured members of a democratic society.

Subjects

Subject

Chesterton, A. K. (Arthur Kenneth) 1899-1973

Fascism > Great Britain > History > 20th century.

Fascists > Great Britain > Biography.

Great Britain > Politics and government > 1910-1936.

Bibliographic Information

Responsibility

David Baker.

Content

1. 'I belong to Africa' -- 2. Almost the freeman of two worlds -- 3. Many illusions -- 4. Adventures in dramatic appreciation -- 5. G. Wilson Knight and Chesterton -- 6. Fascism -- 7. An apotheosis of anti-Semitism? -- 8. Creed of a fascist revolutionary -- 9. Disillusion with fascism -- 10. Aftermath.

Library Special Collection

The Roger Griffin ComFas Collection

ISBN

1860640737

Holdings

Item Type	Current Location	Collection	Call Number	Volume Info	Shelving Location	Public Note
Book	OSA Archivum Library	General collection	321.9/4/092 BAK		General Stacks	-

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