Tag Archives: Anne’s House of Dreams

A Major Award! My Paper on L.M. Montgomery’s Anne’s House of Dreams won The Elizabeth R. Epperly Award for Outstanding Early Career Paper!

Posted on June 29, 2022 by Brenton Dickieson

Last weekend, at the banquet that closed the L.M. Montgomery Institute’s 15th Biennial International Conference at the University of Prince Edward Island, I received a Major Award! In the grand company of Montgomery scholars and fans–as well as artists inspired … Continue reading →

Posted in Reflections | Tagged Anne of Green Gables, Anne's House of Dreams, Elizabeth R. Epperly, L.M. Montgomery, Lucy Maud Montgomery, Rainbow Valley, The Fragrance of Sweet-Grass | 22 Comments

The Literary Magic of L.M. Montgomery’s Storied Domains: The King Orchard and The Story Girl

Posted on March 14, 2022 by Brenton Dickieson

While Lucy Maud Montgomery was a prodigious journal-keeper, leaving us thousands of pages of material to study in the decades after her death, she was far less dedicated as a memoirist. Thus, it is sometimes hard to know how to … Continue reading →

Posted in Fictional Worlds, L.M. Montgomery | Tagged Anne of Green Gables, Anne's House of Dreams, Emily of New Moon, fantasy literature, Jane of Lantern Hill, L.M. Montgomery, Lucy Maud Montgomery, Prince Edward Island, The Alpine Path, The Blue Castle, The Golden Road, The Story Girl | 7 Comments

“Befriending the Darkness, L.M. Montgomery’s Lived Theodicy in Anne’s House of Dreams” My New Paper Published in the Journal of L.M. Montgomery Studies

Posted on November 22, 2021 by Brenton Dickieson

I am pleased to announce that my essay, “Befriending the Darkness, L.M. Montgomery’s Lived Theodicy in Anne’s House of Dreams,” has been recently published in the Journal of L.M. Montgomery Studies! Here is a bit of my story about how … Continue reading →

Posted in News & Links, Original Research, The MaudCast | Tagged Anne of Green Gables, Anne's House of Dreams, Elizabeth R. Epperly, L.M. Montgomery, Lucy Maud Montgomery, Rainbow Valley, Rilla of Ingleside, The Fragrance of Sweet-Grass, writing | 9 Comments

“Can C.S. Lewis and L.M. Montgomery be Kindred Spirits?” My Talk for the 2021 C.S. Lewis & Kindred Spirits Society Conference (Nov 18-20) and How You Can Go to Romania With Me

Posted on November 16, 2021 by Brenton Dickieson

Alas, when I say that “I am speaking in Romania this weekend”–I am, in fact, speaking at this Romanian C.S. Lewis conference–I must admit that am doing so from my desk in Prince Edward Island. While pre-flight check-in is quite … Continue reading →

Posted in Reflections | Tagged Alan Snyder, Anne of Green Gables, Anne With an E, Anne's House of Dreams, C.S. Lewis, C.S. Lewis & Kindred Spirits Society, Dorothy L. Sayers, Emily of New Moon, J.R.R. Tolkien, James Como, Jerry Root, Kirstin Jeffrey Johnson, L.M. Montgomery, Malcolm Guite, owen barfield, Rainbow Valley, That Hideous Strength, The Inklings, The Lion, The Screwtape Letters, the Witch and the Wardrobe | 18 Comments

I Won the 2020 Elizabeth R. Epperly Award for Outstanding Early Career Paper!

Posted on October 5, 2020 by Brenton Dickieson

This is good news! Over the weekend, it was announced that I am the recipient of the 2020 Elizabeth R. Epperly Award for Outstanding Early Career Paper for my paper, “Making Friends with the Darkness: L.M. Montgomery’s Popular Theodicy in … Continue reading →

Posted in Reflections | Tagged Anne of Green Gables, Anne's House of Dreams, Elizabeth R. Epperly, L.M. Montgomery, Lucy Maud Montgomery, Rainbow Valley, The Fragrance of Sweet-Grass | 33 Comments

L.M. Montgomery Articles on A Pilgrim In Narnia

Posted on June 26, 2020 by Brenton Dickieson

Including posts for the 2020 Vision Forum, the launch of the Maudcast, and my 2018 spring L.M. Montgomery series, I have published more than two dozen notes and articles on Montgomery and her work! And I still have a few … Continue reading →

Posted in L.M. Montgomery | Tagged Anne's House of Dreams, C.S. Lewis, Emily of New Moon, Jane Austen, L.M. Montgomery, literary friendship, Louisa May Alcott., Lucy Maud Montgomery, Rainbow Valley, Sehnsucht, The Alpine Path | 5 Comments

L.M. Montgomery’s The Watchman and Other Poems, a Review

Posted on June 17, 2020 by Brenton Dickieson

The Watchman and Other Poems by L.M. Montgomery My rating: 3 of 5 stars I once heard a speech by Chad Walsh where he described C.S. Lewis as not a “great poet” but an “interesting poet.” I think this description … Continue reading →

Posted in L.M. Montgomery, Reviews | Tagged Anne's House of Dreams, C.S. Lewis, Chad Walsh, L.M. Montgomery, Poetry, The Watchman and Other Poems | 8 Comments

House of Dreams: The Life of L. M. Montgomery by Liz Rosenberg, a Review

Posted on June 16, 2020 by Brenton Dickieson

House of Dreams: The Life of L. M. Montgomery by Liz Rosenberg My rating: 4 of 5 stars As I have blogged about before, L.M. Montgomery’s life lacked the fairy-tale endings of reward and romance that her characters (for the … Continue reading →

Posted in L.M. Montgomery, Reviews | Tagged Anne's House of Dreams, House of Dreams: The Life of L. M. Montgomery, L.M. Montgomery, Liz Rosenberg, Lucy Maud Montgomery, Mary Rubio, The Gift of Wings | 2 Comments

Rainbow Valley as Embodied Heaven: Initial Explorations into L.M. Montgomery’s Spirituality in Fiction

Posted on May 13, 2020 by Brenton Dickieson

Dear Friends, I am excited to announce the release of my paper, “Rainbow Valley as Embodied Heaven: Initial Explorations into L.M. Montgomery’s Spirituality in Fiction” in the Journal of L.M. Montgomery Studies. This is a peer-reviewed, scholarly article in the … Continue reading →

Posted in L.M. Montgomery | Tagged Anne's House of Dreams, Christ Plays in Ten Thousand Places, Eugene Peterson, joy, L.M. Montgomery, Rainbow Valley, Rilla of Ingleside, Sehnsucht | 18 Comments

A University of Prince Edward Island-L.M. Montgomery Institute Timeline (Feature Friday) #LMMI @UPEI @LMMI_PEI

Posted on October 25, 2019 by Brenton Dickieson

In preparing my paper proposal for The L.M. Montgomery Institute’s Fourteenth Biennial Conference at the University of Prince Edward Island (25-28 June 2020; see my paper abstract here), I made a timeline of Montgomery as a WWI-era figure. In my … Continue reading →