Monthly Archives: September 2019

C.S. Lewis’s “To love at all is to be vulnerable” Infographic by Gavin Aung Than

Posted on September 17, 2019 by Brenton Dickieson

I am having an open class on “C.S. Lewis, Gender, and The Four Loves” tonight (you are welcome to join, but must sign up here). In returning to the text, I was reminded by a student of a cartoon infographic … Continue reading →

Posted in Reflections | Tagged C.S. Lewis, Gavin Aung Than, The Four Loves, The Great Divorce, The Misquotable C.S. Lewis, theology and literature, Theology of Literature, theology of love, William O'Flaherty | Leave a comment

“What the dwarves started to sing…,” a Word Study by Sparrow

Posted on September 15, 2019 by Brenton Dickieson

I’ve pointed out before Sparrow’s digital humanities project on J.R.R. Tolkien‘s works. In particular, Sparrow has been working through the Hobbit, drawing out trends in the occurrences of words. Even in basic indexing, concordance work, and text scraping, there are … Continue reading →

Posted in Reflections, Studies in Words | Tagged An Unexpected Journey, Digital Humanities, J.R.R. Tolkien, Peter Jackson, The Hobbit | 8 Comments

C.S. Lewis, Gender, and The Four Loves: An Open Class (Tues, Sep 17, 7pm Eastern)

Posted on September 12, 2019 by Brenton Dickieson

C.S. Lewis’ The Four Loves is a book that is building in popularity. My original review of the book 8 years ago remains one of the top posts on this blog, and I have returned to the ideas again and again. … Continue reading →

Posted in Fictional Worlds, News & Links | Tagged C.S. Lewis, gender, higher education, Lewis and Gender, literature, love, myth, Mythgard Academy, mythology, mythopoiea, sex, Signum University, The Four Loves | 5 Comments

L.M. Montgomery on the Love of Trees, and Hurricane Dorian

Posted on September 11, 2019 by Brenton Dickieson

L.M. Montgomery simply loved trees. Her journals are filled with notes about trees–the beauty of landscape, like “the groves of maple and birch just turning to scarlet and gold” (Sep 25, 1889), or the desire to disappear and run “down … Continue reading →

Posted in L.M. Montgomery | Tagged Anne of Green Gables, Anne With an E, Emily of New Moon, Emily's Quest, L.M. Montgomery, Megan Follows, On Fairy-Stories, Prince Edward Island, trees | 20 Comments

Stephen Colbert, Anderson Cooper, C.S. Lewis, Tolkien & Me: Thoughts on Grief (Friday Feature)

Posted on September 6, 2019 by Brenton Dickieson

I was struck by this interview between Anderson Cooper and Stephen Colbert on Grief. Youtube gave this to me because of the J.R.R. Tolkien link, I think, after watching a lecture by Tom Shippey. Weird link, but the Youtube algorithm … Continue reading →