by Belloc · Cluster: Distributism · Politics and Society · Polemic
Abstract
Sixteen essays published in 1931 as Essays of a Catholic Layman in England (Sheed & Ward; Macmillan in America as Essays of a Catholic). Belloc writes as a layman on the New Paganism, usury, the approach to the sceptic, Church and modern State, the conversion of England, legend against myth, the Catholic press, science as an enemy of truth, the schools, industrial capitalism, and the letters to an Anglo-Catholic and to Dean Inge.
Capitoli / Chapters
- The Counter-Attack through History
- A Letter to an Anglo-Catholic Friend
- On Legend
- The Revival of Latin
- A Letter to Dean Inge
- The Two Cultures of the West
Readability (prose)1.2 Flesch ease26.4 FK grade29.9 Fog21% complex53.8 words/sent
Connections
Forms & Genres: Essay, Nonfiction Themes & Concepts: Catholicism, History, Capitalism, Usury, Tradition, Anti-Industrialism, Education, Science, Press Settings: England
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