Monthly Archives: March 2014

On Leprechauns

Posted on March 17, 2014 by Brenton Dickieson

I don’t know about you, but I always put leprechauns in a special category. I knew there was a tinge of danger there–an ambivalence that makes them untrustworthy woodfolk. I am, unfortunately, more affected by Lucky Charms commercials in childhood … Continue reading →

Posted in Reflections, Reviews | Tagged C.S. Lewis, Disney, faerie, fairy tales, folklore, George MacDonald, leprechauns, literature, Lucky Charms, Milton, myth, Oxford, Spenser, St. Patrick, The Discarded Image | 23 Comments

‘On the Supposed Unsuitability of Fairytales for Children” Guest Post by J. Aleksandr Wootton

Posted on March 15, 2014 by Brenton Dickieson

J. Aleksandr Wootton chairs the fictional Folklore Studies department at Lightfoot College, where his research focuses on post-war Faerie. He has authored Her Unwelcome Inheritance, an account of fairy refugees on earth, and has recently published a poetry collection titled Forgetting: Impressions … Continue reading →

Posted in Fictional Worlds, Guest Blogs | Tagged Andrew Lang, faerie, fairy tales, fairytales, fantasy, folklore, g k chesterton, Hans Christian Anderson, Her Unwelcome Inheritance, J. Aleksandr Wootton, J.R.R. Tolkien, literature | 15 Comments

Yours, Jack… or C.S. Lewis… or Clive… or Brother Ass: The Many Signature of C.S. Lewis

Posted on March 13, 2014 by Brenton Dickieson

For some time, my son has been carefully working on his signature, as I worked on mine growing up. Through sheer laziness, and lacking any artistry or loveliness, my signature is now a “B” with a line blurring to the … Continue reading →

Posted in Reflections | Tagged art of letter writing, avatar, Brothe Ass, C.S. Lewis, Collected Letters of C.S. Lewis, letter collections, Letters to an America Lady, St. Francis, Walter Hooper, Yours Jack | 15 Comments

The Prosperity Gospel and The American Dream

Posted on March 11, 2014 by Brenton Dickieson

I have a tendency to say things aloud before I really think them through. I was talking with some friends and the topic of the Prosperity Gospel came up. The Prosperity Gospel, for those who don’t know, is a teaching … Continue reading →

Posted in Original Research, Reflections | Tagged American Dream, C.S. Lewis, Canada, Justin Bieber, Nigerian Christianity, Politics, Prosperity Gospel, Reinhold Niebuhr, South Korean Christianity, The Irony of American History, theology, Thomas Jefferson, United States | 12 Comments

The Colours of The Hobbit

Posted on March 8, 2014 by Brenton Dickieson

Originally posted on A Tolkienist's Perspective:
Is The Hobbit trilogy’s colour palette akin to The Lord of the Rings? Perhaps one of the most striking “differences” people noticed when seeing An Unexpected Journey for the first time, was the overall…

Posted in Reflections | 3 Comments