Monthly Archives: June 2021

Splendour in the Dark: C. S. Lewis’s Dymer in His Life and Work by Jerry Root (Hansen Lecture)

Posted on June 30, 2021 by Brenton Dickieson

Splendour in the Dark: C. S. Lewis’s Dymer in His Life and Work by Jerry Root My rating: 4 of 5 stars I keep finding myself drawn to C.S. Lewis’ strange and challenging long narrative poem, Dymer. Written in the … Continue reading →

Posted in Reflections | Tagged A.N. Wilson, All My Road Before Me, C.S. Lewis, david downing, Dymer, Jerry Root, Monika Hilder, Poetry, Splendour in the Dark | 13 Comments

The First Animated Hobbit, and Other Notes of Tolkienish Nonsense

Posted on June 28, 2021 by Brenton Dickieson

I have had a wonderful and difficult and exceptionally busy week, preparing for Mythmoot and then attending live online. I have so much I would like to say, but I thought, for now, and for a smile, I would simply … Continue reading →

Posted in News & Links | Tagged film adaptation, J.R.R. Tolkien, Peter Jackson, The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings | 5 Comments

C.S. Lewis Book Launches: Katherine Langrish’s Journey to Narnia “From Spare Oom to War Drobe” and Michael Ward’s Guide to the Abolition of Man “After Humanity” (Full Videos)

Posted on June 18, 2021 by Brenton Dickieson

Hello Lewis readers! I shared some recent events announcements, including a couple of new C.S. Lewis studies book launches. Each of these events was well worth the time, filled with thoughtful conversation in what seem like creative, accessible, and high-quality … Continue reading →

Posted in Reflections | Tagged After Humanity, C.S. Lewis, cultural criticism, Katherine Langrish, Marion E. Wade Center, Michael Ward, Narnia, The Abolition of Man | 9 Comments

Three Online C.S. Lewis Events (Katherine Langrish on Narnia, Michael Ward on the Abolition of Man, Anthony Lawton’s The Great Divorce) + Bonus Events: Mythcon, the Tolkien Society, L.M. Montgomery Reading Events

Posted on June 17, 2021 by Brenton Dickieson

Mythmoot VIII (Jun 24-27) I shared last week about Mythmoot VIII, coming next weekend (June 24-27–a hybrid online/local event). I am busily working on my keynote speech and I hope I will see you there. But I wanted to take … Continue reading →

Posted in Reflections | Tagged After Humanity, Anthony Lawton, C.S. Lewis, Katherine Langrish, L.M. Montgomery, Michael Ward, Mythcon, Mythmoot, Narnia, The Abolition of Man, The Great Divorce, the Tolkien Society | 6 Comments

5 Affordable Ways to Purchase Digital Books By and About C.S. Lewis

Posted on June 16, 2021 by Brenton Dickieson

It is true for me that there is no pleasure quite like pulling a book off the shelf, flipping to the first page, and wandering into a new world of ideas or imagination. Whether this is a new adventure or … Continue reading →

Posted in Reflections | Tagged C.S. Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkien, L.M. Montgomery, Mere Christianity, Narnia, On the Reading of Old Books, Reading, The Inklings, Ursula K. Le Guin | 9 Comments

5 Ways to Find Open Source Academic Research on C.S. Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkien, and the Inklings

Posted on June 14, 2021 by Brenton Dickieson

“Why don’t you monetize your blog?” I am asked this question with some frequency by caring folks who see me slogging it out here, week after week, producing well-researched imaginative and literary resources for some of the great storytellers of … Continue reading →

Posted in Reflections | Tagged academic writing, C.S. Lewis, Inklings, J.R.R. Tolkien, Mythlore, On Writing, research, Tolkien Society, writing | 49 Comments

A Conversation about Mary Doria Russell’s The Sparrow with Michael Boyce (Geek4 Podcast) and Emily Strand (Potterversity Podcast)

Posted on June 11, 2021 by Brenton Dickieson

I recently had a chance to sit down with a couple of thoughtful and funny folks to talk about a book that was entirely absent from my bookshelf. Emily Strand is an artist, Roman Catholic liturgist, and American educator, well … Continue reading →

Posted in News & Links | Tagged A Canticle for Leibowitz, C.S. Lewis, Emily Strand, Geek 4 Podcast, Harry Potter, James Blish, Madeleine L'Engle, Mary Doria Russell, Michael Boyce, Potterversity, Refuge 31 Films, Science Fiction, The Children of God, The Science Fiction Makers, The Sparrow, Walter Miller | 4 Comments

Mythmoot VIII: The World Ahead! (June 24-27, 2021 Live-Online Hybrid)

Posted on June 10, 2021 by Brenton Dickieson

“Home is behind, the world ahead / And there are many paths to tread” — J. R. R. Tolkien Although Signum University is a completely online school, offering a global-leading MA programme in imaginative literature and Germanic languages, we do … Continue reading →

Posted in News & Links, Original Research | Tagged C.S. Lewis, Ebony Elizabeth Thomas, fantasy literature, Mythmoot, Science Fiction, Signum University, speculative fiction | 2 Comments

“The Poetry of Lucy Maud Montgomery” and the Critical Virtue and Vice of Editors

Posted on June 7, 2021 by Brenton Dickieson

One of the earlier biographers of C.S. Lewis, Chad Walsh once said that although Lewis was not a poet of greatness, he was (and remains) an interesting poet. This observation is relevant for many of the early-to-mid-20th century authors I … Continue reading →

Posted in L.M. Montgomery | Tagged Benjamin Lefebvre, C.S. Lewis, Canadian literature, J.R.R. Tolkien, L.M. Montgomery, literature, Lucy Maud Montgomery, Poetry, T.S. Eliot, The Poetry of Lucy Maud Montgomery, The Waste Land, The Watchman and Other Poems | 24 Comments

“The Personal Heresy” and C.S. Lewis’ Autoethnographic Instinct: An Invitation to Intimacy in Literature and Theology

Posted on June 3, 2021 by Brenton Dickieson

Canada’s annual Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences (Congress2021) is now winding down. I missed being live on the ground, stumbling with weary feet and droopy eyes from one brilliant intellectual session to another, discovering great local craft brewpubs … Continue reading →