The Man Who Was Thursday : A Nightmare - 9781974321704

The Man Who Was Thursday: A Nightmare is a novel by G. K. Chesterton, first published in 1908. The book has been referred to as a metaphysical thriller. Although it deals with anarchists, the novel is not an exploration or rebuttal of anarchist thought; Chesterton's ad hoc construction of "Philosophical Anarchism" is distinguished from ordinary anarchism and is referred to several times not so much as a rebellion against government but as a rebellion against God. The novel has been described as "one of the hidden hinges of twentieth-century writing, the place where, before our eyes, the nonsense-fantastical tradition of Lewis Carroll and Edward Lear pivots and becomes the nightmare-fantastical tradition of Kafka and Borges."

Author: G. K. Chesterton

Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform

Publication Date: Aug 08, 2017

Number of Pages: 164 pages

Language: English

Binding: Paperback

ISBN-10: 1974321703

ISBN-13: 9781974321704