Monthly Archives: February 2019

And The Greatest of These…: A Review of C.S. Lewis’ Four Loves

Posted on February 28, 2019 by Brenton Dickieson

This year I introduced an occasional feature I call “Throwback Thursday.” This is where I find a blog post from the past–raiding either my own vault or someone else’s–and throw it back out into the digital world. This might be … Continue reading →

Posted in Reviews, Throwback Thursdays | Tagged 1 Corinthians 13, affection, agape, bacon, C.S. Lewis, culture, Deathly Hallows, eros, Eustace Scrubbs, friendship, Harry Potter, love, Mrs. Fidget, philia, Slughorn, storge, The Four Loves, Voyage of the Dawn Treader | 13 Comments

Terry Lindvall’s Heavy Treatment of a Light Topic: A Review of Surprised by Laughter

Posted on February 25, 2019 by Brenton Dickieson

Surprised by Laughter Revised & Updated: The Comic World of C.S. Lewis by Terry Lindvall My rating: 4 of 5 stars The word “levity” has two main definitions that we walk around with: a kind of frivolity and something that … Continue reading →

Posted in Reflections | Tagged C.S. Lewis, comedy, g k chesterton, George MacDonald, humor, joy, literary criticism, Sehnsucht, Surprised by Laughter, Terry Lindvall, The Light Princess | 46 Comments

An Update on the 700,000th Hit, or Everybody Needs a Little Time Away

Posted on February 21, 2019 by Brenton Dickieson

Dear Readers, With 876 Posts, 6,929 Followers, 15,179 Comments–3,821 of them mine–A Pilgrim in Narnia just passed 700,000 viewers a couple of weeks ago. The stats are pretty good for a blog that hits at a fairly high intellectual level–and … Continue reading →

Posted in News & Links | Tagged blog, Blogging, C.S. Lewis, Inklings, literature, PhD, PhD Research, theology, world-building | 29 Comments

Narnia’s Lost Poet and C.S. Lewis’ Lost Biographer: A Further Note on A.N. Wilson

Posted on February 18, 2019 by Brenton Dickieson

Last Monday I produced a review that was a bit tetchy (despite my own apparently hypocritical protestation that I don’t write bad book reviews). Therein I used a big sophisticated word that I clearly didn’t know (“coy”), and tried to highlight some … Continue reading →

Posted in News & Links, Reviews | Tagged A.N. Wilson, Alister McGrath, BBC, David Holbrook, John Beversluis, Kathryn Lindskoog, Narnia, Narnia's Lost Poet, Samuel Joeckel, The Man Behind Narnia, Walter Hooper | 66 Comments

TOLKIEN, the Teaser Trailer: A New Biopic by Fox Searchlight (Friday Feature)

Posted on February 15, 2019 by Brenton Dickieson

There has been buzz about this for a few months now, and really years of wondering and wandering on Hollywood-quality biopic of Tolkien. Fox Searchlight has picked up the idea and has finally announced a release date of May 10th. … Continue reading →