Word: chestertoniana
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...typical bit of Chestertoniana. Everywhere he went, he restated the riddle of life: When is a miracle not a miracle? The answer: when it is seen for the second time. To preserve his sense of wonder, he regarded the world with the eyes of Adam. Like those other English riddlers, Lewis Carroll, Edward Lear and W.S. Gilbert, Chesterton was childless. Like them, he became his own child, a 300-lb. choirboy reveling in puns and paradox. But between Chesterton and the Victorians there was a profound difference. Traditionally, English eccentrics sought refuge hi nonsense. Chesterton found shelter in sense...
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