Tag Archives: English Literature in the Sixteenth Century

The Words C.S. Lewis Made Up: Re/Anti/Un/Ness

Posted on December 13, 2017 by Brenton Dickieson

Behind C.S. Lewis’ famous Narnian chronicles was his experience as a teacher of English literature, a writer about the history of literary movements, and a tinker in other forms of fiction. In that tinkering, and in his letters and essays, … Continue reading →

Posted in Studies in Words, Thoughtful Essays | Tagged Both Sides of the Wardrobe, C.S. Lewis, English Literature in the Sixteenth Century, g k chesterton, letters, love, OHEL, Studies in Words, Surprised by Joy, The Four Loves, The Magician's Nephew, The Screwtape Letters, Theology of Culture, writing | 2 Comments

The Words C.S. Lewis Made Up: Part 1: Bulverism

Posted on October 11, 2017 by Brenton Dickieson

As far as I know, Lewis never used the phrase, “wordsmith.” When it comes to writing, he preferred images of stone, greenery, and song to metaphors of fire and steel. Yet there were times that Lewis turned to the forge … Continue reading →

Posted in Memorable Quotes, Studies in Words | Tagged Bulverism, C.S. Lewis, English Literature in the Sixteenth Century, Eucatastrophe, J.R.R. Tolkien, literature, neologism, OHEL, philology, Studies in Words, Trump | 19 Comments

George Watson’s Provocative Comments on C.S. Lewis as Literary Critic

Posted on February 22, 2017 by Brenton Dickieson

One of the advantages of finding new libraries is that the librarian’s skill of book-buying is more art than science. The librarians I know, despite their adept use of analytics, have as much curator or architect in them as they … Continue reading →

Posted in Reviews | Tagged An Experiment in Criticism, C.S. Lewis, Douglas Adams, English Literature in the Sixteenth Century, F.R. Leavis, g k chesterton, George Watson, Inklings, Jacques Derrida, Joy Davidman, librarians, literary criticism, myth, Narnia, Postmodernism, Reader Response Criticism, Reading, Roland Barthes, Samuel Johnson, Sherlock Holmes, Socratic Club, Studies in Words, The Allegory of Love, The Discarded Image, The Personal Heresy, Till We Have Faces, William Empson | 28 Comments

“Down In The Depth Of Mine Iniquity” by Fulke Greville

Posted on October 5, 2015 by Brenton Dickieson

Baron Fulke Greville was one of the 1550s boys–one of those men born during the tumultuous period in the transition of the child king Edward VI to the prosecutor, Bloody Mary, to the stabilizing Queen Elizabeth. Born in that decade … Continue reading →

Posted in Reflections | Tagged Bloody Mary, C.S. Lewis, Donne, Elizabethan era, Eminem, English Literature in the Sixteenth Century, Fulke Greville, Kanye West, Marlowe, Poetry, Queen Elizabeth, religion, Shakespeare, Sidney, Theology of Culture | 27 Comments

On Reading The Faerie Queene for the First Time

Posted on June 3, 2015 by Brenton Dickieson

The Faerie Queene fits in the category of important books so big that they often stay in our “to read” pile for years on end. I still haven’t read Ulysses by Joyce, which is only as long as a Stephen … Continue reading →