The Man Who Was Thursday: A Nightmare - 9781547065370

2011 Reprint of 1908 Edition. Full facsimile of the original edition, not reproduced with Optical Recognition Software. "The Man Who Was Thursday: A Nightmare" is a novel by G. K. Chesterton, first published in 1908. The book is sometimes 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-

• | Author: G. Chesterton
• | Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• | Publication Date: Jun 01, 2017
• | Number of Pages: 120 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 1547065370
• | ISBN-13: 9781547065370