tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7091756463128804432.post5587471881215092659..comments2024-03-27T02:55:10.109-07:00Comments on Irish Papist: Our AvenueMaolsheachlannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09406722311993627528noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7091756463128804432.post-17364038327558119712012-11-26T16:14:07.697-08:002012-11-26T16:14:07.697-08:00I'd give NoNH another go at some point. It ha...I'd give NoNH another go at some point. It has longeurs (without being long), and there are passages of autopilot Chesterton, but there is some fine stuff in there too. If he had written less in general, he would have written better in some particulars, especially the novel form. But then he wouldn't have been Chesterton.<br /><br />mickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13984879719516554591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7091756463128804432.post-81658170998354762362012-11-26T12:30:56.889-08:002012-11-26T12:30:56.889-08:00Yes! It is a theme he returned to quite often. I h...Yes! It is a theme he returned to quite often. I have only read the Napoleon of Notting Hill once, though-- I'm afraid I can't really get into Chesterton's fiction.Maolsheachlannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09406722311993627528noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7091756463128804432.post-26744801169720804002012-11-26T11:41:51.448-08:002012-11-26T11:41:51.448-08:00This is actually quite relevant to THE NAPOLEON OF...This is actually quite relevant to THE NAPOLEON OF NOTTING HILL. The London boroughs named in the novel had been created less than 20 years before in a cynical move by the Tory government to prevent (or at least dilute) the possibility of a powerful all-London authority which might serve as a focus of opposition to the national government, yet Chesterton imagines a future in which their citizens will be as fiercely attached to them as Renaissance Italians to their city-statesUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16510001808658687585noreply@blogger.com