The annotated Thursday
Subtitle: G.K. Chesterton's masterpiece, The man who was Thursday
By: annotated by Martin Gardner.
Contributors: Gardner, Martin, 1914-
Publisher: Ignatius Press
Published: 1999
Place of publication: San Francisco
Language: eng
Number of pages: 289
Subjects: Anarchists -- Fiction
Genres: Fiction.
Description: "This edition of Chesterton's masterpiece, The Man Who Was Thursday, explicates and enriches the complete text with extensive footnotes, together with an introductory essay on the metaphysical meaning of Chesterton's profound allegory. Martin Gardner sees the novel's anarchists as symbols of our God-given free will, and the mysterious Sunday as representing Nature, with its strange mixture of good and evil when considered as distinct from God, as a mask hiding the transcendental face of the creator.

The book also includes a bibliography listing the novel's many earlier editions and stage dramatizations, as well as numerous illustrations that further illuminate the text."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 285-289).