Tag Archives: Franz Kafka

Tolkien’s “I am in fact a Hobbit (in all but size)” in Context: A Note on Books and Their Authors (#hobbitday)

Posted on September 22, 2020 by Brenton Dickieson

I don’t know that there is any more famous J.R.R. Tolkien quote than his claim to, in fact, be a hobbit. It’s really quite a delightful statement and worth quoting more fully: I am in fact a Hobbit (in all … Continue reading →

Posted in Memorable Quotes | Tagged Charles Williams, Franz Kafka, Harry Potter, Hobbit Day, I.A. Richards, J.K. Rowling, J.R.R. Tolkien, literary criticism, literature, Lord of the Rings, new criticism, practical criticism, Stephen King, The Hobbit, Ursula K. LeGuin | 26 Comments

C.S. Lewis and Other Fantasy Books, Free Streaming in Audible

Posted on March 24, 2020 by Brenton Dickieson

These are unusual times, and there is evidence that people are thinking in creative ways about how to live big in small spaces. J.K. Rowling, for example, has waived any licensing concerns that might arise by teachers reading her books … Continue reading →

Posted in Reflections | Tagged A Grief Observed, Aldous Huxley, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Brave New World, Edith Nesbit, Frances Hodgson Burnett, Franz Kafka, Harry Potter, J.K. Rowling, Lewis Carroll, Scarlett Johansson, Surprised by Joy, The Enchanted Castle, The Metamorphosis, The Screwtape Letters, The Secret Garden | 4 Comments

Tolkien’s “I am in fact a Hobbit (in all but size)” in Context

Posted on September 22, 2017 by Brenton Dickieson

I don’t know that there is any more famous Tolkien quote than his claim to, in fact, be a hobbit. It’s really quite a delightful statement and worth quoting more fully: I am in fact a Hobbit (in all but … Continue reading →

Posted in Reflections | Tagged Charles Williams, Franz Kafka, Harry Potter, Hobbit Day, I.A. Richards, J.K. Rowling, J.R.R. Tolkien, literary criticism, literature, Lord of the Rings, new criticism, practical criticism, Stephen King, The Hobbit, Ursula K. LeGuin | 30 Comments

An Unpublished Foreword to The Great Divorce

Posted on November 10, 2014 by Brenton Dickieson

C.S. Lewis’ haunting vision of the afterlife, The Great Divorce, began its publication run 70 years ago today. I was once pressed by Inklings scholar Sørina Higgins to name what I thought was Lewis’ best fiction. Lewis himself preferred Perelandra, … Continue reading →

Posted in Lewis Biography, Original Research | Tagged Animal Farm, C.S. Lewis, Camus, Franz Kafka, George Orwell, Sartre, The Great Divorce, The Outsider, The Screwtape Letters, To the Lighthouse, unpublished manuscript, Virginia Woolf, William Faulkner | 34 Comments

6 Surprising Celebrity Audiobook Narrators

Posted on April 17, 2014 by Brenton Dickieson

I first discovered audiobooks while taking graduate courses by distance in Japan. I received these world-class lecture packages in the mail, pulled the cassette out of its cellophane wrapper (yes, a tape!), and then popped it into my car’s tape … Continue reading →