Tag Archives: A.N. Wilson

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

5 C.S. Lewis Biographies for 5 Different Readings: A 10 Minute Book Talk by Brenton Dickieson

Posted on April 21, 2020 by Brenton Dickieson

This video brings together two series, the 10 Minute Book Talk with Dr. Brenton Dickieson (i.e., me), on Youtube, and what I want to do as a 5 Books Series here on http://www.aPilgrimInNarnia.com. I have had this video done for … Continue reading →

Posted in 10 Minute Book Talk, 5 Books Series, Reviews | Tagged A Life Observed, A.N. Wilson, Alan Jacobs, Alister E. McGrath, Devin Brown, George Sayer, Jack, the Narnian | 23 Comments

2019: A Year of Reading: The Nerd Bit, with Charts

Posted on January 1, 2020 by Brenton Dickieson

“With such wishes for the New Year as still seem possible” ~ C.S. Lewis to his father from the WWI trenches in France “Except at my job—where the machine seems to run on much as usual—I loathe the slightest effort. … Continue reading →

Posted in Original Research, Reflections | Tagged A.N. Wilson, Alan Jacobs, C.S. Lewis, Chaim Potok, Flannery O'Connor, Goodreads, Harry Potter, J.R.R. Tolkien, L.M. Montgomery, Margaret Atwood, Marilynne Robinson, N.K. Jemisin, Narnia, Neil Gaiman, Orson Scott Card, Rachel Held Evans, Reading, Sorina Higgins, Stephen King, Suzanne Collins, Terry Pratchett | 7 Comments

2019: My Year in Books: The Infographic

Posted on December 30, 2019 by Brenton Dickieson

Happy New Year everyone! I will have some fun putting together the data in an upcoming post, including some new date charts. It’s not often I get to play with graphs and charts, so I’m looking forward to it. Meanwhile, … Continue reading →

Posted in News & Links | Tagged A.N. Wilson, Alan Jacobs, C.S. Lewis, Chaim Potok, Flannery O'Connor, Goodreads, Harry Potter, J.R.R. Tolkien, L.M. Montgomery, Margaret Atwood, Marilynne Robinson, N.K. Jemisin, Neil Gaiman, Orson Scott Card, Rachel Held Evans, Reading, Sorina Higgins, Stephen King, Suzanne Collins, Terry Pratchett | 5 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

A.N. Wilson’s C.S. Lewis: A Mythology

Posted on February 11, 2019 by Brenton Dickieson

C.S. Lewis: A Biography by A.N. Wilson My rating: 2 of 5 stars If this were a drinking party instead of a book, A.N. Wilson‘s C.S. Lewis: A Biography would be a five-star story. Humorous, light in tone, deftly written, … Continue reading →

Posted in Reviews | Tagged A.N. Wilson, C.S. Lewis, C.S. Lewis Studies, Kathryn Lindskoog, Leo Tolstoy, Reading, St. Paul | 52 Comments

C.S. Lewis’ “Dymer”… or is it Deemer? (or Can Someone from the Buffyverse be Wrong?)

Posted on November 19, 2018 by Brenton Dickieson

As I hinted last month, I have been reading and rereading C.S. Lewis’ Dymer. Lewis only kept a journal during his early Oxford years, 1922-1927. The diary’s posthumous title, All My Road Before Me, is taken from the first stanza of Dymer: … Continue reading →

Posted in Reflections | Tagged A.N. Wilson, Alister McGrath, All My Road Before Me, books, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, C.S. Lewis, Chad Walsh, david downing, Don King, Dymer, Monika Hilder, Poetry, Robin Sachs, The Quest of Bleheris | 37 Comments

Reconsidering the Lindskoog Affair

Posted on January 25, 2016 by Brenton Dickieson

Perhaps no figure has caused as much tension in the community of C.S. Lewis scholars and fans as Kathryn Lindskoog. In 1978, shortly after the publication of C.S. Lewis’ The Dark Tower and Other Stories, Walter Hooper found his editorial … Continue reading →

Posted in Original Research, Reflections | Tagged A.N. Wilson, Abigail Santamaria, C.S. Lewis, Charlie Starr, Collected Letters of C.S. Lewis, conspiracy theory, forgery, J.R.R. Tolkien, Joy Davidman, Kathryn Lindskoog, Ransom Trilogy, Samuel Joeckel, The Canadian C.S. Lewis Journal, The Dark Tower, Walter Hooper | 107 Comments

On Telling People’s Stories: Thoughts with Abigail Santamaria on “Joy”

Posted on December 10, 2015 by Brenton Dickieson

I have just finished reading a biography on the life of a minor American poet who had an affair with her professor and bullied her way through her first editorial job. She was a radical Marxist who used her film … Continue reading →

Posted in Reviews, Thoughtful Essays | Tagged A.N. Wilson, Abigail Santamaria, Alister McGrath, Anthony Hopkins, biography, books, C.S. Lewis, Debra Winger, Joy Davidman, literature, Lyle W. Dorsett, Shadowlands, Surprised by Joy, Surprised by Love, writing | 46 Comments

Lewis Finds at the Graveside of a Bookstore

Posted on March 20, 2012 by Brenton Dickieson

In the glorious sunshine of an early Spring, I tripped down Barrington Street in Halifax with my family. We left the Discovery Centre–the Grossology exhibit was a hit with my son–and moved toward the historic sandstone building occupied by John … Continue reading →