Literature is a luxury; fiction is a necessity.

G.K. Chesterton

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Topic

Literature Fiction Stories

Author

G.K. Chesterton

Source

A Defense of Penny-Dreadfuls The Defendant

Medium

Essay

Language

English

Time

1901 1900s 20th century

Occupation

Writer

From

United Kingdom Europe

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Citation

Chesterton, G.K. "The Defendant." The Wit, Whimsy and Wisdom of G.K. Chesterton. Vol. 6, Coachwhip Publications, 2009. Originally published by R. Brinley Johnson, 1901.

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A differentiation arises between ourselves, the we-group, or in-group, and everybody else, or the others-groups, out-groups.

William Graham Sumner

Folkways

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Topic
Us vs. them Group conflict

Author

William Graham Sumner
Source
Folkways
Genre
Sociology
Language
English
Time
1906 1900s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

Sumner, William Graham. Folkways: A Study of Mores, Manners, Customs and Morals. Ginn & Company, 1906, ch. 1.