Wisdom and Innocence: A Life of G. K. Chesterton

The Catholic Historical Review | January 1, 1998| | Copyright

Wisdom and Innocence: A Life of G. K Chesterton. By Joseph Pearce. (San Francisco: Ignatius Press. 1996. Pp. xiv, 522. $29.95.)

Joseph Pearce's biography of G. K. Chesterton is a venture of love and high praise. Although it purports to stand out from other books on Chesterton by having drawn on many previously unpublished sources, there is far less new here to satisfy the claim. Apart from some scattered letters, notes, diary entries, and poems from the Chesterton Study Center, Pearce relies mostly on previous biographies, notably the pioneering works of Maise Ward and, of more recent ...

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