The Poet and the Lunatics explained

The Poet and the Lunatics: Episodes in the Life of Gabriel Gale is a 1929 work by G. K. Chesterton. It consists of a series of short stories about Gabriel Gale, who is a poet and painter. Every story involves another character who is mad in some way. The work is sometimes called a novel,^[1] and usually categorized as detective fiction.^{[2] [3]}

The stories were first published in Nash's Magazine in 1921.^[4] John C. Tibbetts describes them as "among Chesterton's most evocative twilight tales."

External links

• The Poet and the Lunatics, complete text

Notes and References

1. Book: Reyburn . Duncan . Seeing Things as They Are: G.K. Chesterton and the Drama of Meaning . 2017 . . 205 . 9780718846008 . 26 April 2022.
2. Book: Van Dover . J.K. . The Detective and the Artist: Painters, Poets and Writers in Crime Fiction, 1840s-1970s . 2019 . 62 . . 9781476677491 . 26 April 2022.
3. Web site: Ahlquist . Dale . Dale Ahlquist . Lecture 56: The Poet and the Lunatics . Chesterton University . 14 December 2010 . 26 April 2022.
4. Book: Tibbetts . John C. . John C. Tibbetts . The Dark Side of G.K. Chesterton: Gargoyles and Grotesques . 2021 . . 73 . 9781476643977 . 26 April 2022.