A light-hearted collection of poems featuring G. K. Chestertonâs classic wit and cheer, âWine, Water, and Songâ celebrates drink in all its forms, lampooning ideas of prohibition that were on the rise in 20th century London.
Chesterton makes a merry satire of local politics and English traditions, with poems including âWine and Waterâ, where he imagines a wine cellar aboard Noahâs Ark, and âThe Logical Vegetarianâ, where he sings the virtues of a liquid diet.
For fans of Chesterton and poetry that provokes, this book is a perfect collection of clever rhymes and outspoken English humour.
Gilbert Keith Chesterton (1874 â 1936) was an English writer, journalist, philosopher, and literary critic. An unparalleled essayist, he produced over four thousand essays during his lifetime, alongside eighty novels and two hundred short stories.
Tackling topics of politics, history, philosophy, and theology with tenacious wit and humour, G. K. Chesterton was often considered a master of the paradox. Himself both a modernist and devout Catholic, he is remembered best for his priest-detective short stories âFather Brownâ, and his metaphysical thriller âThe Man Who Was Thursdayâ.
In his lifetime, Chesterton befriended and debated some of the greatest thinkers of the age, such as George Bernard Shore, H. G. Wells, and Bertrand Russell, while his works went on to inspire figures including T. S. Eliot, Michael Collins, and Mahatma Gandhi.