Category Archives: Studies in Words

My Conference Papers this Week in Canada and K’zoo on C.S. Lewis’ Constructed Language and Intertextuality, with a Note on the Impostor Syndrome

Posted on May 9, 2022 by Brenton Dickieson

In an intriguing confluence of events, this week is Canada’s annual Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences, Congress2022–what scholarly Canadians used to call “the Learneds”–and is at the same time as the International Congress on Medieval Studies, hosted by … Continue reading →

Posted in Fictional Worlds, News & Links, Original Research, Studies in Words | Tagged C.S. Lewis, conlangs, Constructed Languages, Dante, Imposter Syndrome, intertextuality, Literary Theory, Marsha Daigle-Williamson, owen barfield, philology, Ransom Cycle, Reflecting the Eternal: Dante’s Divine Comedy in the Novels of C.S. Lewis, The Personal Heresy, The Screwtape Letters, world-building | 10 Comments

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

Posted on September 15, 2019 by Brenton Dickieson

Originally posted on words that you were saying:
This morning, I celebrate reaching the goal of even one poem thoroughly concordanced: [01.064] Chip the glasses and crack the plates! Blunt the knives and bend the forks! That’s what Bilbo Baggins…

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

The Top 6 New Posts of 2017

Posted on December 28, 2017 by Brenton Dickieson

In 2017, A Pilgrim in Narnia passed a number of milestones. We passed the 700-post threshold, had our 500,000th hit, were shared for the 10,000th time, and are nearing in on 7,000 followers. We had our seven biggest months this year, … Continue reading →

Posted in News & Links, On Writing, Studies in Words | Tagged Beren and Lúthien, Blogging, C.S. Lewis, Dorothy L. Sayers, J.R.R. Tolkien, Joy Davidman, Sr. Penelope, Studies in Words, The Silmarillion, The Tale of Beren and Lúthien, writing | 7 Comments

The Words C.S. Lewis Made Up: Aristocratophobia and Lowerarchy

Posted on December 20, 2017 by Brenton Dickieson

This is the 10th in the series on words that C.S. Lewis made up. In his tinkering with ideas, and in his letters and essays, Lewis would sometimes create new turns of phrase when it was needed. Today we go low … Continue reading →

Posted in Studies in Words, Thoughtful Essays | Tagged Aristocratophobia, Arthur C. Clarke, bureaucracy, C.S. Lewis, H.G. Wells, hierarchy, Lowerarchy, On Other Worlds, On Stories, Perelandra, Ray Bradbury, Studies in Words, The Screwtape Letters, Theology of Culture, writing | 9 Comments

The Words C.S. Lewis Made Up: Re/Anti/Un/Ness

Posted on December 13, 2017 by Brenton Dickieson

Behind C.S. Lewis’ famous Narnian chronicles was his experience as a teacher of English literature, a writer about the history of literary movements, and a tinker in other forms of fiction. In that tinkering, and in his letters and essays, … Continue reading →

Posted in Studies in Words, Thoughtful Essays | Tagged Both Sides of the Wardrobe, C.S. Lewis, English Literature in the Sixteenth Century, g k chesterton, letters, love, OHEL, Studies in Words, Surprised by Joy, The Four Loves, The Magician's Nephew, The Screwtape Letters, Theology of Culture, writing | 2 Comments

The Words C.S. Lewis Made Up: Disredemption

Posted on December 6, 2017 by Brenton Dickieson

Posted in Studies in Words, Thoughtful Essays | Tagged A Grief Observed, Agape and Eros., Anders Nygren, C.S. Lewis, ethics, love, self-death, Studies in Words, The Allegory of Love, The Four Loves, Theology of Culture | 10 Comments

The Words C.S. Lewis Made Up: Viricidal

Posted on November 29, 2017 by Brenton Dickieson

We all know C.S. Lewis as the Narnian, but behind the children’s work was his experience as a teacher of English literature, a writer about the history of literary movements, and a tinker in other forms of fiction. In that tinkering, … Continue reading →