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What I Saw in America
G. K. Chesterton
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“Let me begin my American impressions with two impressions I had before I went to America. One was an incident and the other an idea; and when taken together they illustrate the attitude I mean. The first principle is that nobody should be ashamed of thinking a thing funny because it is foreign; the second is that he should be ashamed of thinking it wrong because it is funny.”
“Let me begin my American impressions with two impressions I had before I went to America. One was an incident and the other an idea; and when taken together they illustrate the attitude I mean. The first principle is that nobody should be ashamed of thinking a thing funny because it is foreign; the second is that he should be ashamed of thinking it wrong because it is funny.”
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Written in the 1920s, this book is a collection of essays by the English Catholic writer GK Chesterton. He traveled around the US on a lecture tour, and writes about his thoughts. He makes several excellent points, particularly about the US being a creedal nation, and the importance of real understa
He leído a Chesterton desde mi adolescencia y siempre disfruté sus novelas, comencé este libro de ensayos muy interesada en ver como veía el autor a los Estados Unidos y comparar esa apreciación con lo que se vive en ese país en este año y en las actuales circunstancias. El libro es interesante y bi
First off, 'What I saw in America' is not a travel commentary relating humorous anecdotes about his journeys in the style of, say, Twain. Chesterton tells only a handful of stories of his time in the States but then, in his inimitable manner, uses those as springboards to write about 'big ideas,' ma
I do enjoy Chesterton. That said, this book was somewhat more dated than some of his others. Some of his specific allusions were lost on me. But he had very good insights into how to understand others, particularly those of other cultures. "Nobody should be ashamed of thinking a thing funny because
What I Saw in America is less about what G.K. Chesterton saw in America than what the idea of America meant to him as an Englishman. Not a word is said about whether GKC took the train or any Mississippi River steamboats, what he ate, whether he visited anyone at home, whether he saw any of the coun
What I Saw In America was a delight, certainly the best and most interesting book I've read this year so far. Highly recommended--if you read any Chesterton, you must read this book.
It's full of penetrating insight into both American psychology and British psychology. It's dated, having been publish
This is the 2nd book I've read by him and I flew through both books with ease especially this one . There are some authors who's writing regardless of the topic that whatever they write flows easily .You either like a style and it reads quickly and satisfyingly or it doesn't . I ate this book up and
Chesterton would have made an astonishingly good online troll, and in many ways that is essentially what he does here. But his target is not just the U.S.; it is Britain, it is women, it is Jews, it is his readers, it is the attendees of his lectures. And like most trolls, behind half of his trollin
Did I mention I love Chesterton? In many ways this book is quite out of date (Chesterton toured American during prohibition), but, as always with Chesterton, many of his insights are timeless. What makes this book so interesting, however, is not what he has to say about the differences between the E
Overall, an interesting book. Like most of Chesterton's writings, it focuses more on big ideas than on the particulars of Chesterton's lecture tour in the United States, about which the book was written. While somewhat dated, Chesterton makes some very accurate predictions about the future--restrict