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Hilaire Belloc: No Alienated Man; A Study in Christian Integration

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The author presents a study of Hilaire Belloc's Christian humanism, portraying him as an integrated figure—poet, sailor, elder—whose rooted, earthy vision counters modern alienation. The book argues that the Incarnation reunites Aristotelian and Platonic tendencies, contrasts that with modern inward estrangement, and treats Belloc's work as a grounded affirmation of being. Through biographical sketches, literary readings, and reflections on Christendom and history understood from within, the writer traces recurring themes and assesses Belloc's durable contributions to English letters.

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Title: Hilaire Belloc: No Alienated Man; A Study in Christian Integration

Author: Frederick D. Wilhelmsen

Release date: November 30, 2021 [eBook #66856]
Most recently updated: October 18, 2024

Language: English

Original publication: United States: Sheed and Ward, 1953

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HILAIRE BELLOC:
No Alienated Man

HILAIRE BELLOC:
No Alienated Man

A Study in Christian Integration

By Frederick Wilhelmsen

Sheed and Ward · New York · 1953

TO JACK MADDUX