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The Greatness of Bottom: GK Chesterton on the Hero of Midsums

February 15th, 2008 | 2 min read

By Matthew Lee Anderson

I am a big fan of both G.K. Chesterton and Shakespeare's Midsummer Night's Dream.  (You can read some of my thoughts about the latter here.)

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Matthew Lee Anderson

Matthew Lee Anderson is an Associate Professor of Ethics and Theology in Baylor University's Honors College. He has a D.Phil. in Christian Ethics from Oxford University, and is a Perpetual Member of Biola University's Torrey Honors College. In 2005, he founded Mere Orthodoxy.

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