Tag Archives: Beowulf

New Tolkien book on The Battle of Maldon, together with The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth

Posted on December 5, 2022 by Brenton Dickieson

Originally posted on Tolkien and Alliterative Verse:
Thanks to the Tolkien Guide, we have an announcement of a forthcoming book that will be important for the study of Tolkien’s alliterative verse: The Battle of Maldon together with The Homecoming of…

Posted in Reflections | Tagged A Secret Vice, Beowulf, J.R.R. Tolkien, Kullervo, On Fairy-Stories, The Fall of Arthur, The Lay of Aotrou and Itroun, The Legend of Sigurd and Gudrún, The Tolkien Reader, Tree and Leaf | 14 Comments

The Doom and Destiny of Tolkien’s Chaucer Research: A Note on John M. Bowers, Tolkien’s Lost Chaucer (2019)

Posted on November 3, 2021 by Brenton Dickieson

Tolkien’s Lost Chaucer is a book about a book that was doomed from the start. As I have been preparing for a Canterbury Tales section in a class I’m teaching, I have been using this recent winner of the Mythopoeic … Continue reading →

Posted in Reflections | Tagged Beowulf, C.S. Lewis, Chaucer, Christopher Tolkien, Harold Bloom, J.R.R. Tolkien, John M. Bowers, Middle English, The Canterbury Tales, The History of Middle-earth, Tolkien’s Lost Chaucer | 19 Comments

Readings from J.R.R. Tolkien’s Tale Of Beren and Lúthien, with The Center from the Study of C.S. Lewis and Friends

Posted on April 17, 2020 by Brenton Dickieson

Hi folks. This event is past, but The Center for the Study of C.S. Lewis and Friends at Taylor University are having a digital Inklings “tea” on Friday’s at 4pm. They are an archive, a host of strong Inklings-informed study … Continue reading →

Posted in Fictional Worlds, News & Links | Tagged Beowulf, Beren and Lúthien, Christopher Tolkien, fantasy, Fictional Universes, J.R.R. Tolkien, Lord of the Rings, The Silmarillion, writing | 20 Comments

John Donne’s “The Flea”

Posted on October 30, 2018 by Brenton Dickieson

Part of the great fun of teaching is having students bring work to me. In just one class students have had me scurrying to Thomas Malory’s Le Morte d’Arthur, J.R.R. Tolkien‘s “The Last Ship,” Beowulf, Hayao Miyazaki’s Spirited Away, Bruce Elliot’s “Wolves Don’t Cry,” … Continue reading →

Posted in Thoughtful Essays | Tagged Beowulf, Halloween, Hayao Miyazaki, John Donne, Le Morte d’Arthur, Malory, Poetry, Spirited Away, vampires | 20 Comments

2017 Mythopoeic Awards Finalists and A Review of “The Chapel of the Thorn” by Charles Williams

Posted on June 12, 2017 by Brenton Dickieson

The Mythopoeic Award shortlist is out (see here). I’m not often at the same table as the cool kids on the newest and hottest fantasy lit–I’m just now reading Patrick Rothfuss, and wondering what I have done with my life … Continue reading →

Posted in Reviews | Tagged A Grief Observed, Arthuriana, Beowulf, Bodleian Library, Chapel of the Thorn, Charles Williams, fantasy, Gladstone's Library, J.R.R. Tolkien, Margaret Atwood, Marion E. Wade Center, Mythopoeic Award, narrative poetry, Patrick Rothfuss, Poetry, religion, Science Fiction, Shakespeare | 17 Comments

Of Beren and Lúthien, Of Myth and the Worlds We Love

Posted on March 30, 2017 by Brenton Dickieson

I don’t think I have ever read anything better than the tale of Beren and Lúthien. It is a bold statement, so allow me to give some context. One of the things that readers love about The Lord of the Rings … Continue reading →

Posted in Fictional Worlds, News & Links, Thoughtful Essays | Tagged Beowulf, Beren and Lúthien, Christopher Tolkien, fantasy, Fictional Universes, J.R.R. Tolkien, Lord of the Rings, The Children of Húrin, The Fall of Arthur, The Hobbit, The Lay of Aotrou and Itroun, The Legend of Sigurn and Gudrún, The Silmarillion, The Story of Kullervo, writing | 34 Comments

To C.S. Lewis Readers and Researchers: A Call for Literary Links

Posted on July 6, 2016 by Brenton Dickieson

Dear friends, I have been asked to contribute a list of C.S. Lewis manuscripts that have been published in the last decade for an upcoming book. This invitation came out of an earlier blog, “Lost-but-found Works of C.S. Lewis.” Since then, … Continue reading →

Posted in Reflections | Tagged Beowulf, Bodleian Library, books, C.S. Lewis, Jane Austen, manuscript history, Marion E. Wade Center, Narnia, Old English, The Beatles, The Screwtape Letters, unpublished manuscript, Walter Hooper | 15 Comments

The Stories before the Hobbit: Tolkien Intertextuality, or the Sources behind his Diamond Waistcoat

Posted on April 6, 2016 by Brenton Dickieson

If Tolkien lovers are nerds, it is only because they are walking in the pathway of the Master Nerd himself. The more I study Tolkien, the more I get the sense that no one was more amazed by the entire … Continue reading →

Posted in Fictional Worlds, Letters | Tagged Beowulf, Diana Pavlac Glyer, fairytales, Fictional Universes, George MacDonald, Inklings, intertextuality, J.R.R. Tolkien, Julian Huxley, Lord of the Rings, Middle Earth, mythology, mythopoiea, The Hobbit, The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien, The Silmarillion | 76 Comments

The Lost-But-Found Works of C.S. Lewis

Posted on March 30, 2016 by Brenton Dickieson

Once, I had a couple of hours in London before I had to catch a train up to Chester. I only know London through books and movie; no one will be surprised that Sherlock and Charles Dickens do not make … Continue reading →

Mini-Syllabus: Introduction to Beowulf and Anglo-Saxon

Posted on October 2, 2015 by Brenton Dickieson

For today’s Feature Friday, how about rediscovery of a lost world? Michelle Joelle, student, writer, and blogger, has been posting a “Mini-Syllabus” every now and then. I enjoy each one. Here is one to learn Anglo-Saxon–the Old English language that … Continue reading →