The Return of the Prince

Books and Culture has a fine article in its most recent issue about the latter-day revival of interest in the works of G.K. Chesterton in North America and elsewhere. It’s pretty thorough, and contains at least one shocking and unprecedented sentence:

Here one might briefly note the role of Christian rock in the revival of Chesterton in America.

Now you have to read it.

Still, there is at least one deficiency:

[Christian musician Larry] Norman found [future American Chesterton Society president Dale] Ahlquist reading a book by C. S. Lewis and asked if he was familiar with Chesterton. Upon discovering that he wasn’t, Norman cryptically remarked that after reading Chesterton one doesn’t even “need” Lewis anymore.

Oh come on.