Tag Archives: Dymer

“Because My Old Heart Would Burst”: A Settler’s Reflections on Indigenous Spaces in Octavia Butler and C.S. Lewis (Theology on Tap by Brenton Dickieson)

Posted on March 2, 2025 by

I have some exciting news! On Tuesday, I will be giving a talk in the “Theology on Tap” series. After a pandemic hiatus, it is lovely to see this event emerge again. A few years ago, I did my “Hobbits … Continue reading →

Posted in News & Links, Original Research, Reflections | Tagged Bloodchild, C.S. Lewis, Colonialization, Dymer, Indigenous Peoples, Narnia, Octavia E. Butler, Postcolonial literature, Prince Caspian, Ransom Cycle, Science Fiction, Theology on Tap, tyranny, Xenogenesis Trilogy | 10 Comments

A Mailbox Note on Mark Noll’s C.S. Lewis in America (2023)

Posted on July 25, 2024 by

The book “C.S. Lewis in America: Readings and Receptions, 1935-1947” by Mark Noll explores how American scholars and critics received and reviewed C.S. Lewis’s work. The author delves into the reception of Lewis’s books by different religious and intellectual communities, shedding light on their responses and influence. Noll’s work provides valuable insights for researchers and readers of Lewis’s thought. Continue reading →

Posted in Reflections | Tagged American evangelicalism, American history, Amy Baik Lee, books, C.S. Lewis, C.S. Lewis in America, David C. Downing, Dymer, George Marsden, Jerry Root, Marion E. Wade Center, Mark Noll, reception history, Splendour in the Dark, This Homeward Ache | 8 Comments

Good C.S. Lewis Studies Books That Did Not Win the Mythopoeic Award: Part 3: Literary Studies on C.S. Lewis

Posted on September 7, 2021 by Brenton Dickieson

Following news that “Tolkien Studies Projects Sweep the Mythopoeic Scholarship Award Shortlist in Inklings Studies,” and on the heels of a series encouraging strong Lewis studies books, I decided to share some of the good and useful Lewis studies books … Continue reading →

Posted in Lewis Biography, News & Links, Reviews | Tagged C.S. Lewis, Dante, Dymer, intertextuality, Jerry Root, Marsha Daigle-Williamson, Monika Hilder, The Screwtape Letters, Till We Have Faces, William O'Flaherty | 6 Comments

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 | 15 Comments

The Thieves of Time and Waking Wonder: Writing as Discovery and the Stone-Carver’s Art

Posted on March 13, 2021 by Brenton Dickieson

After weeks of too little sleep, I have had two terrible half-nights awake. These torturous midnight hours of hazy, half-insomniac puzzles and quandaries and obsessions, the darkness that infuses weariness into the bone-soul of life… I would purchase a single … Continue reading →