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Original Title:	The Ballad of the White Horse ASIN B00JL0PG6I
Edition Language:	English
Characters:	Alfred the Great, Guthrum the Dane

The Ballad of the White Horse Hardcover | Pages: 231 pages

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Title	:	The Ballad of the White Horse
Author	:	G.K. Chesterton
Book Format	:	Hardcover
Book Edition	:	Special Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 231 pages
Published	:	December 1st 2001 by Ignatius Press (first published 1911)
Categories	:	Poetry. Classics

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The Ballad of the White Horse is one of the last great epic poems in the English language. On the one hand it describes King Alfred's battle against the Danes in 878. On the other hand it is a timeless allegory about the ongoing battle between Christianity and the forces of nihilistic heathenism. Filled with colorful characters, thrilling battles and mystical visions, it is as lively as it is profound. Chesterton incorporates brilliant imagination, atmosphere, moral concern, chronological continuity, wisdom and fancy. He makes his stanzas reverberate with sound, and hurries his readers into the heart of the battle. This deluxe volume is the definitive edition of the poem. It exactly reproduces the 1928 edition with Robert Austin's beautiful woodcuts, and includes a thorough introduction and wonderful endnotes by Sister Bernadette Sheridan, from her 60 years researching the poem.

"When Chesterton writes poetry, he excels like no other modern writer. The rhyme, rhythm, alliteration and imagery are a complete joy to the ear. But The Ballad of the White Horse is not just a poem. It is a prophecy." —Dale Ahlquist, President, The American Chesterton Society

"Not only a charming poem and a great tale, this is a keystone work of Christian literature that will be read long after most of the books of our era are forgotten." —Michael O'Brien, Author, Father Elijah

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Chesterton's poetry packs the same elegant punch as his fiction writing. As a Protestant, I wasn't as keen on the Catholic themes (for instance, the continual description of Christianity as something that originated in Rome), but overall the poem was marvelous. I loved the way Chesterton sketches the characters of the chieftains on both sides, so that the reader is thoroughly involved in their fate by the time they go into battleand the language is full of breathtaking imagery and lines that

I read this edition first (ASIN: B00JL0PG6I).Chesterton's account is clearly romanticized, and Chesterton projects his own modern concerns about secularism and nihilism. But the whole thing is a lot of fun. I know that I would not have enjoyed it so much if I had not been thinking about Alfred a lot already for an Old English presentation. Having read Ben Merkle's The White Horse King really helped prepare me to read Chesterton's poem.I also read (and own) this edition (from April 4-13), which

I hadn't really read any long form narrative poetry like this before and it takes some getting used to but I loved it!

Chesterton's poetry rhymes like Modern English, but stalks with bold strides and rolls with deep rumbling like Old.

Epic poem about Alfred the Greats struggle against the Danes. Highly recommend it in audiobook format as epoc poems should be listened to aloud.

An excellent, poignant work of verse and thought. The story is of Alfred the Great's wanderings in the darkest days of the Viking invasion of England (all the "classic" tales of Alfred from this time are represented, i.e. the woman and the cakes, the harping while disguised in the Viking camp), his mustering of his men, and the final assault and victory of the English over the Northmen. It is an extremely meaningful work, with much contemporary applicability and expression of thought -- it is

I can't believe it took me this long to read the whole thing, since it contains some of my very favourite Chesterton poetry. And yet, on finishing the whole thing, I have to admit that Tolkien's assessment was perfectly correct.Full review now available at Vintage Novels!