Category Archives: Inklings and Arthur

The Inklings and Arthur Book Wins the Mythopoeic Award!

Posted on August 6, 2018 by Brenton Dickieson

Originally posted on The Oddest Inkling:
I am utterly astonished and delighted to announce that The Inklings and King Arthur has won the Mythopoeic Scholarship Award in Inklings Studies! This is a prestigious award that “is given to books on Tolkien, Lewis, and/or…

Posted in Inklings and Arthur, News & Links | Tagged academics, Arthur, Arthuriana, Christopher Tolkien, Inklings, Inklings and Arthur, Inklings and King Arthur, Jane Chance, Sorina Higgins, Tolkien Studies, Verlyn Flieger | 21 Comments

The 600,000th Visitor at A Pilgrim In Narnia!

Posted on June 29, 2018 by Brenton Dickieson

This week we had our 600,000th visitor to A Pilgrim In Narnia! Was it you? I honestly have no way of knowing, and I’m a little afraid of the global attention you’d receive if I could publish that news. Fame … Continue reading →

Posted in Inklings and Arthur, News & Links | Tagged Anniversary Blog, Blogging, C.S. Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkien, Letters to an America Lady, owen barfield | 13 Comments

“The Grail: Cup, Stone – Santo Caliz? – and the Inklings?” by David Llewellyn Dodds

Posted on April 18, 2018 by Brenton Dickieson

As I add one last little paper to our ‘baker’s dozen’ of contributions, I look back on them, and the comments by many and varied further hands, with gratitude and delight. It seems appropriate that I return to a central … Continue reading →

Posted in Guest Blogs, Inklings and Arthur | Tagged Arthuriana, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, Chrétien de Troyes, Inklings and Arthur, Many Dimensions, Perceval, Roy Campbell, Rudolf Steiner, Santo Caliz, The Return of Arthur, War in Heaven | 26 Comments

“C.S. Lewis’ Arthuriad: Survey and Speculation” by Brenton Dickieson

Posted on April 11, 2018 by Brenton Dickieson

Whatever else they had in common and apart, one of the features of the central Inklings–J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, and Charles Williams–is that they each have left their Arthuriad incomplete. In the case of Tolkien and Lewis, they abandoned early narrative … Continue reading →

Posted in Inklings and Arthur, Lewis Biography, Lewis' Essays | Tagged Arthuriana, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, Inklings and Arthur, Inklings and King Arthur, J.R.R. Tolkien, mythology, Narnia, The Quest of Bleheris | 45 Comments

“Tiny Fairies: J.R.R. Tolkien’s “Errantry” and Martyn Skinner’s Sir Elfadore and Mabyna” by Dale Nelson

Posted on April 4, 2018 by Brenton Dickieson

Many will remember Sørina Higgins’ playfully entitled paper, ‘King Arthur was an Elf!’, which she has described as “the seed” of The Inklings and King Arthur. But how have various Arthurian writers down the ages envisaged elves – and other … Continue reading →

Posted in Guest Blogs, Inklings and Arthur | Tagged A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Alms for Oblivion, Arthuriana, C.S. Lewis, English Literature in the Sixteenth Century, Inklings, Inklings and Arthur, J.R.R. Tolkien, Martyn Skinner, Morte Darthur, On Fairy-Stories, Shakespeare, Sir Elfadore and Mabyna, Sorina Higgins, The Inklings and King Arthur | 39 Comments

“Charles Williams’s Arthurian Treasury” by Grevel Lindop

Posted on March 28, 2018 by Brenton Dickieson

If Owen Barfield has been called the First and Last Inkling, Charles Williams has been very aptly called the Third Inkling – and the Oddest Inkling. He was also the oldest Inkling, both publishing his first book, a sonnet sequence, … Continue reading →

Posted in Guest Blogs, Inklings and Arthur | Tagged @GrevelLindop, Arthuriana, Bodleian Library, Charles Williams, Grevel Lindop, Inklings, Inklings and Arthur, Inklings and King Arthur, Logres, Malory, mythology, Taliessin Through Logres, Tennyson, The Region of the Summer Stars, War in Heaven | 16 Comments

“Thor: Ragnarok and C.S. Lewis’ Mythic Passions” by Josiah Peterson

Posted on March 21, 2018 by Brenton Dickieson

We discovered on Monday that Lewis mocked his best friend for comparing works that are as different as the Old English epic with the late Middle English romance by Malory. He then went on to do this very thing: set … Continue reading →

Posted in Guest Blogs, Inklings and Arthur, Reviews | Tagged Arthuriana, C.S. Lewis, Inklings, Inklings and Arthur, Inklings and King Arthur, Malory, Marvel, Morte Darthur, mythology, Narnia, Norse Mythology, northernness, Ragnarök, Surprised by Joy, Thor | 90 Comments

“Chesterton, Arthur, and Enchanting England” by J. Cameron Moore

Posted on March 14, 2018 by Brenton Dickieson

While in the light of Charles Huttar’s contribution last week I should be extra careful to avoid any ‘historicist’ Providentialism, I can’t help thinking this week’s contribution is more than just another serendipity. J. Cameron Moore not only directs our … Continue reading →

Posted in Guest Blogs, Inklings and Arthur | Tagged A Short History of England, Arthuriana, Chesterton, fairyland, fairytales, g k chesterton, Inklings and Arthur, The Everlasting Man | 34 Comments

“Filling the Gaps in History: Mythopoesis as Deep Insight” by Charles Huttar

Posted on March 7, 2018 by Brenton Dickieson

Many of you will know what a pleasure it is to hear Charles Huttar read a paper, to meet and converse with him – and how fruitful to your knowledge, understanding, and further thought. And many more who have been … Continue reading →

Posted in Guest Blogs, Inklings and Arthur | Tagged Arthurian Torso, Arthuriana, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, Descent into Hell, Inklings and Arthur, J.R.R. Tolkien, Ransom Trilogy, Studies in Words, That Hideous Strength, The Descent of the Dove, The Figure of Arthur, The Silmarillion | 43 Comments

“Arthurian Literature and the Old Everyman’s Library” by Dale Nelson

Posted on February 28, 2018 by Brenton Dickieson

The young future Inklings were among the first – though by no means the last – generation of readers to be able to take advantage of, and benefit immensely from, the inexpensive Everyman’s Library. This series of classic volumes shaped … Continue reading →