Tag Archives: intertextuality

Charles Williams’ Arthurian Apocalypse: Thoughts on “The Son of Lancelot” (Throwback Thursday, republished from The Oddest Inkling)

Posted on April 23, 2020 by Brenton Dickieson

At A Pilgrim in Narnia we have an occasional feature called “Throwback Thursday.” This is where I find a blog post from the past–raiding either my own blog-hoard or someone else’s–and throw it back out into the digital world. This … Continue reading →

Posted in Reflections, Throwback Thursdays | Tagged apocalypse, Apocalypse of Abraham, Arthuriana, Bird Box, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, Harry Potter, intertextuality, Jewish Apocalypse, Milton, Paradise Lost, Sorina Higgins, The Book of Revelation | 10 Comments

Why I Love Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice … Even Though I’m a Guy

Posted on October 15, 2019 by Brenton Dickieson

Honestly, it’s not that bad. It’s true, I’ve read all of Jane Austen’s fiction–and I would read more if she left us more. Pride & Prejudice is my favourite, so that I find I have blogged on it a number of times, including: … Continue reading →

Posted in Reflections | Tagged Austenland, film adaptation, intertextuality, Jane Austen, Keira Knightley, Keri Russell, Pride and Prejudice, The Jane Austen Book Club | 34 Comments

Full: My Experience of the L.M. Montgomery Institute Conference (L.M. Montgomery Series)

Posted on June 28, 2018 by Brenton Dickieson

Note: This is a rewriting of my guest post at the L.M. Montgomery Institute blog. I am full. And no doubt. We have just finished a packed four and a half days of conferencing and workshopping, speaking and listening, flipping … Continue reading →

Posted in Canadian literature, L.M. Montgomery, Original Research | Tagged Anne of Green Gables, Eugene Peterson, intertextuality, L.M. Montgomery, literature, Lucy Maud Montgomery, PEI, PhD Research, Prince Edward Island, Rainbow Valley, Rilla of Ingleside, UPEI | 12 Comments

Leatherhead and Literary Coincidence, with C.S. Lewis and H.G. Wells

Posted on February 19, 2018 by Brenton Dickieson

I encountered the town of Leatherhead first in H.G. Wells’ The War of the Worlds (1897). It is one of a dozen or so English place names that meant nothing to me as a young reader. As an adult, armed with an … Continue reading →

Posted in Lewis Biography, Original Research | Tagged George MacDonald, George Tomkyns Chesney, H.G. Wells, intertextuality, Leatherhead, Phantastes, Science Fiction, SF, Surprised by Joy, Surrey, The Battle of Dorking, The Quest of Bleheris, The War of the Worlds | 22 Comments

The Fayborn Series by J. Aleksandr Wootton

Posted on November 13, 2017 by Brenton Dickieson

In tales where a child or young adult is going to save the world, the hero-in-waiting is usually withering away in obscurity, knowing they were meant for so much more but spending their lives doing homework, harvesting cabbages, working fast … Continue reading →

Posted in Reflections | Tagged A First or Family Mischief, American Gods, books, faerie, Fayborn, Guy Gavriel Kay, Her Unwelcome Inheritance, Holly Black, intertextuality, J. Aleksandr Wootton, literature, Neil Gaiman, pastiche, The Eighth Square | 3 Comments

Stranger Thing Season 2, October 27

Posted on October 23, 2017 by Brenton Dickieson

Stranger Things season 2 drops this weekend. I’m not the only one who is excited. Stranger Things won the Best Ensemble Drama at the 2017 Screen Actor’s Guild Awards, as well as MTV’s TV Show of the Year and a few Emmys. Clearly, … Continue reading →

Posted in Fictional Worlds, News & Links | Tagged Buffy the Vampire Slayer, David Harbour, intertextuality, IT, Stand By Me, Stephen King, Stranger Things, The Body, Wynona Ryder | 3 Comments

Bandersnatch and Creative Collaboration by Diana Pavlac Glyer

Posted on September 28, 2016 by Brenton Dickieson

I am a rapid writer, someone who works in fits and starts. I benefit from binges of work, closeted away to get down what’s been rolling around my chest for hours or days. It took a decade for me to … Continue reading →

Posted in Reviews | Tagged art, Bandersnatch, C.S. Lewis, Diana Pavlac Glyer, Humphrey Carpenter, intertextuality, J.R.R. Tolkien, Lord of the Rings, Michael Ward, Middle Earth, Narnia, subcreation, The Company They Keep, Walter Hooper, writing | 37 Comments

TTL 17: “The Son of Lancelot.” — by Brenton D. G. Dickieson

Posted on June 10, 2016 by Brenton Dickieson

Originally posted on The Oddest Inkling:
Here is Post #17 in the Series on Taliessin through Logres! It’s a long one, but a good one. Please visit the INTRODUCTION to this series first, and here is the INDEX to the…

Posted in Original Research, Reflections | Tagged Arthuriana, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, Dante, H.G. Wells, intertextuality, Milton, Out of the Silent Planet, Paradise Lost, Perelandra, Sorina Higgins, That Hideous Strength, The Silver Chair | 6 Comments

Simone de Beauvoir and the Keyspring of the Lord of the Rings

Posted on May 17, 2016 by Brenton Dickieson

If I were to pick a public intellectual least likely to have influenced J.R.R. Tolkien, Simone de Beauvoir may not be the first person I would think of. There’s a good chance, though, that she would make the shortlist. French … Continue reading →

Posted in Fictional Worlds, Memorable Quotes | Tagged Albert Camus, Betty Friedan, Death, existentialism, feminism, intertextuality, J.R.R. Tolkien, literature, Lord of the Rings, philosophy, Return of the King, Simone de Beauvoir, The Feminine Mystique | 51 Comments

Star Wars and the Sword in the Stone

Posted on May 11, 2016 by Brenton Dickieson

Once you say it aloud, you start to see all the medeival stones slide into place: In what ways does Star Wars echo the Arthuriad? Even early on, before I had a fancy word for this sort of thing (intertextuality), I … Continue reading →