The Soul of Wit

The Soul of Wit"The sane man who is sane enough to see that Shakespeare wrote Shakespeare is sane enough not to worry whether he did or not," quipped G. K. Chesterton. The prolific author whose works include journalism, poetry, plays, history, biography, apologetics, and detective fiction took a keen interest in the English literary tradition, particularly in the plays of its greatest dramatist. This original compilation by Chesterton expert Dale Ahlquist introduces

cultural analysis

famous artists

fifteenth century

and sixth lectures present his account of the revolutionary developments occasioned when he first applied the quantum hypothesis to blackbody radiation

duplicated cube and other straight-edge-compass constructions may be conveniently divided into three periods: from the Greeks

and layouts

Reprint of Introduction to Graph Theory

student taking

and lavish expressions of goodwill

oven steaming

Charting a passage that takes him from life as an Igbo prince in what is now eastern Nigeria to the New World

All along the way there are illustrations: over 100 magnificent works by Dürer