Tag Archives: Lord of the Rings

Lewis, Tolkien and Different Views of Fan Fiction

Posted on August 1, 2018 by Brenton Dickieson

One of the assignments that I give my students, adapted from the late C.S. Lewis scholar Dr. Bruce Edwards, is for students to get into groups and sketch out an 8th Chronicle of Narnia in the form of a book … Continue reading →

Posted in Reflections | Tagged books, C.S. Lewis, copyright, FIonavar Tapestry, Guy Gavriel Kay, J.R.R. Tolkien, letters, Letters to Children, literature, Lord of the Rings, Narnia, The Screwtape Letters, writing | 89 Comments

Luke Shelton’s Tolkien Experience Project

Posted on July 11, 2018 by Brenton Dickieson

One of my fondest early memories of The Hobbit was when a storyteller came to my elementary school and recited the entire book (from memory) to my fourth grade class in installments. This was a marvelous feat. I must have … Continue reading →

Posted in News & Links, Original Research | Tagged J.R.R. Tolkien, Lord of the Rings, Peter Jackson, PhD Research, Return of the King, The Hobbit | 2 Comments

“Wood-Woses: Tolkien’s Wild Men and the Green Knight” by Ethan Campbell

Posted on February 14, 2018 by Brenton Dickieson

In his poem, ‘The Son of Lancelot’, Charles Williams imagines a year when ‘Quinquagesima’ Sunday, the last before Lent, coincides with the pagan Lupercalia (15 February). This year, Ash Wednesday falls on the Feast of St. Valentine. And, by good … Continue reading →

Posted in Guest Blogs, Inklings and Arthur | Tagged A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Arthuriana, C.S. Lewis, Chaucer, Inklings, Inklings and Arthur, J.R.R. Tolkien, Lord of the Rings, Middle English, Old English, The Hobbit | 30 Comments

“‘The Name is Against Them’: C.S. Lewis and the Problem of Arthur” by Gabriel Schenk

Posted on January 31, 2018 by Brenton Dickieson

What a delight and relief it is to give something entrusted to your responsibility, out of your hands, step back – and see it prosper. In this case, the Oxford C.S. Lewis Society, which has gone from strength to strength … Continue reading →

Posted in Guest Blogs, Inklings and Arthur | Tagged Arthuriana, Brexit, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, Dorothy L. Sayers, Inklings, Inklings and Arthur, Inklings and King Arthur, Logres, Lord of the Rings, Malory, Morte Darthur, mythology, Narnia, Tennyson, That Hideous Strength | 33 Comments

“A Personal Reflection on Logres and The Matter of Britain” by Stephen Winter

Posted on January 24, 2018 by Brenton Dickieson

Having sent out the call for papers, it is delightful to be more a ‘receiving’ than a ‘commissioning editor’, discovering what serendipities Providence supplies. We began last week with Suzanne Bray’s illuminating study of ‘Post-Inklings’ Arthurian fiction of as recently … Continue reading →

Posted in Guest Blogs, Inklings and Arthur | Tagged Arthuriana, Brexit, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, Good Friday Agreement, Great Britain, Inklings, Inklings and Arthur, Inklings and King Arthur, Ireland, Logres, Lord of the Rings, Malcolm Guite, mythology, That Hideous Strength, UK Politics | 79 Comments

A Brace of Tolkien Posts for his 126th Birthday #TolkienBirthdayToast

Posted on January 3, 2018 by Brenton Dickieson

To celebrate Tolkien’s twelfthty-sixth birthday on 3 January 2017, the Tolkien Society is once again raising a toast to the Professor. After Bilbo left the Shire on his eleventy-first birthday in The Lord of the Rings, Frodo toasted his uncle’s birthday each … Continue reading →

Posted in News & Links, Reviews | Tagged art, Bilbo, Blogging, books, Digital Humanities, film adaptation, J.R.R. Tolkien, Leaf by Niggle, literature, Lord of the Rings, Mythopoeia, Peter Jackson, The Hobbit, Tolkien BIrthday Toast, Tolkien Society | 10 Comments

The Words C.S. Lewis Made Up: Viricidal

Posted on November 29, 2017 by Brenton Dickieson

We all know C.S. Lewis as the Narnian, but behind the children’s work 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, … Continue reading →