The Ballad of the White Horse Paperback / softback
by G K Chesterton
Paperback / softback
Description
The Ballad of the White Horse is one of the last great epic poems in the English language.
On the one hand it describes King Alfred's battle against the Danes in 878.
On the other hand it is a timeless allegory about the ongoing battle between Christianity and the forces of nihilistic heathenism.
Filled with colorful characters, thrilling battles and mystical visions, it is as lively as it is profound.
Chesterton incorporates brilliant imagination, atmosphere, moral concern, chronological continuity, wisdom and fancy.
He makes his stanzas reverberate with sound, and hurries his readers into the heart of the battle.
This deluxe volume is the definitive edition of the poem.
It exactly reproduces the 1928 edition with Robert Austin's beautiful woodcuts, and includes a thorough introduction and wonderful endnotes by Sister Bernadette Sheridan, from her 60 years researching the poem.
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- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:142 pages
- Publisher:Independently Published
- Publication Date:16/01/2020
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- ISBN:9781661305628
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Item not Available
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:142 pages
- Publisher:Independently Published
- Publication Date:16/01/2020
- Category:
- ISBN:9781661305628
