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G.K. Chesterton on Humor

Apr 24, 2012
Ida Noyes, Third Floor Theatre
1212 E 59th St.
Chicago, IL 60637
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Co-sponsored by The Nicholson Center for British Studies, The American Chesterton Society, and the Literature and Philosophy Workshop

Chesterton regarded comedy as important an art form as tragedy. He thought humor was integral to Christianity as opposed to paganism, and it was an essential part of his philosophy of wonder.