June 13, 2014 Meeting of the WPA Chesterton Society

Greetings Fellow WPA Chestertonians and Friends,

For our June 13th meeting we will  continue reading selections from Chesterton’s biographical essay compilation The Twelve Types / Varied Types. (See the May blog entry for a little more background info on this title.)

At our Friday, May 9 meeting we discussed "Charles II" and "Tolstoy and the Cult of Simplicity". The conversation was so brilliant that we never got into discussion of "The Position of Sir Walter Scott". 

For our Friday, June 13 meeting we will start out with discussion of "The Position of Sir Walter Scott" and then go on to accomplish as much discussion as possible on "Stevenson", "Queen Victoria" and "Bret Harte". 

All of the selections for both the May and June meetings can be viewed or printed at the link below:

http://www.cse.dmu.ac.uk/~mward/gkc/books/GKC_VariedTypes.html

As I mentioned in the May blog entry, many readers of Chesterton have found that it is helpful in understanding G.K.Chesterton's essays if they start with at least a basic historical/biographical context for his insights. I would again suggest that any preparation time you invest in exploring information about the personalities we will be reading about will be worth your while. Bring notes of any of your the interesting background discoveries to share at the meeting!

(Remember, in July we are planning an undoubtedly rollicking discussion of the entire novel The Ball and the Cross. Now is the time to find yourself a copy of the book, grab your favorite beverage and find a comfy place to read/re-read it, if you haven't already! )

As usual...

Our meetings are held in the Village of Middle Lancaster, at the Lancaster Township Community Center located on Kings Alley and Community Center Drive, in Butler County PA. Kings Ally is off of Rt. 19 approx. 4.5 miles north of Zelienople, and just north of the Zion Lutheran Church and just south of East Lancaster Road. (The Community Center is a former one room school house, adjacent to the ball fields at Bauder Park.) The doors open at 7:00pm for pot luck refreshments, with the discussion beginning at 7:30. The meeting wraps up sometime around 9:30pm.

Please consider bringing something for the refreshment table, and as always, feel free to email me at wpachesterton@gmail.com if you have and questions or comments.