Tag Archives: Douglas Gresham

A Grief Observed: A Talk on the Anniversary of My Parents’ Deaths, with C.S. Lewis

Posted on February 4, 2022 by Brenton Dickieson

Here is a little piece on a special day: the anniversary of the death of my father and brother on a villainously cold night when I was fourteen, and on the eve of the anniversary of my mother’s passing in … Continue reading →

Posted in Original Research, Reflections | Tagged A Grief Observed, academics, C.S. Lewis, Death, Douglas Gresham, fatherhood, grief, love, Madeleine L'Engle, mourning, orpan tales, parenting, Teaching, The Problem of Pain, The Shape of Water | 6 Comments

“The Nightmare Alley of That Hideous Strength: A Look at C.S. Lewis and William Gresham” by G. Connor Salter (Nightmare Alley Series)

Posted on December 28, 2021 by Brenton Dickieson

This is the second post in our “Nightmare Alley” series, where a Pilgrim in Narnia looks at Guillermo del Toro’s critically acclaimed new film, Nightmare Alley, and its connections to the past. The 2021 film, which John Stanifer reviewed last … Continue reading →

Posted in Reflections | Tagged C.S. Lewis, Dorothy L. Sayers, Douglas Gresham, g k chesterton, George MacDonald, George Orwell, Guillermo del Toro, Jack Zipes, Joy Davidman, Nightmare Alley, That Hideous Strength, The Inner Ring, The Man Who Was Thursday, The Silver Chair, William Gresham | 11 Comments

Walter Hooper, C.S. Lewis’ Literary Secretary, Has Died (1931-2020)

Posted on December 7, 2020 by Brenton Dickieson

I have received news from a credible source that Walter Hooper has passed away, following a brief illness. I have been working on a more significant reflection upon Walter Hooper’s legacy, but I wanted to leave a brief note for … Continue reading →

Posted in News & Links | Tagged Collected Letters of C.S. Lewis, Douglas Gresham, owen barfield, Oxford, The Kilns, Walter Hooper, Warren Lewis, Will Vaus | 25 Comments

That Awkward Conversation in the Face of Death

Posted on February 24, 2016 by Brenton Dickieson

Like so many others before me, I spent my teenage years working in a pizza joint after school and on weekends. We were not well off, so if I wanted the things that mattered to me in high school—a car, … Continue reading →

Posted in Reflections | Tagged A Grief Observed, Anthony Hopkins, C.S. Lewis, Death, Debra Winger, Douglas Gresham, grief, N.W. Clerk, Shadowlands | 28 Comments

The Heavenly Horses of C. S. Lewis: A Guest Blog by Leslie Baynes

Posted on March 23, 2015 by Brenton Dickieson

One of the most memorable scenes in The Great Divorce, and the only one where a shade accepts grace and enters heaven, features a horse. At the end of chapter 11, the Ghost enslaved to the lizard Lust desperately desires … Continue reading →