Tag Archives: love

Love Seeds Over Literature: A Remarkable C.S. Lewis Review of Arthur C. Clarke

Posted on June 19, 2015 by Brenton Dickieson

On Wednesday I wrote about “How 1950s SciFi Superstars Helped C.S. Lewis Fall in Love with Science Fiction Again“–a blog that has been trending since. It was intriguing to see how the quality of Ray Bradbury’s writing, the generosity of Anthony Boucher’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Fictional Worlds, Memorable Quotes, Reviews | Tagged Arthur C. Clarke, Childhood's End, Dante, David Lindsay, Fictional Universes, First Men in the Moon, H.G. Wells, joy, Joy Davidman, letters, love, Olaf Stapledon, Ray Bradbury, Science Fiction, Voyage to Arcturus | 11 Comments

Love That Is Not Love: The Character of Pam in The Great Divorce

Posted on March 2, 2015 by Brenton Dickieson

The Great Divorce begins not with characters but with caricatures. We begin with cartoons of a short man with a superiority complex, a cheated hysterical woman, a vacant liberal clergyman, a unisex couple–“both so trousered , slender, giggly and falsetto … Continue reading →

Posted in Reflections | Tagged A Grief Observed, agape, books, C.S. Lewis, grief, love, motherhood, motherly love, self-death, storge, surrender, The Four Loves, The Great Divorce | 15 Comments

Superior Equality in Love: A Thought from “Pride & Prejudice”

Posted on February 16, 2015 by Brenton Dickieson

I have just had the great coincidence of finishing Jane Austen’s great romantic novel Pride & Prejudice in the season of Valentine’s Day. It is a story so well told in its original context, and yet so universally enticing and … Continue reading →

Posted in Reflections, Thoughtful Essays | Tagged Donald Sutherland, equality, Keira Knightley, love, marriage, Mr. Darcy, Pride and Prejudice, The Four Loves, Valentine's Day | 11 Comments

Fifty Shades of Bad Writing

Posted on February 12, 2015 by Brenton Dickieson

This odd post will strike regular readers as a bit of a departure. A Pilgrim in Narnia covers a lot of areas, like children’s writing, myth, theology and philosophy, and fantasy literature–though not that kind. Fifty Shades of Grey is none of those. Not even close. … Continue reading →

Posted in Reviews, Thoughtful Essays | Tagged 50 Shades of Grey, bad writing, books, Dakota Johnson, E.L. James, erotic, fantasy, Fifty Shades of Grey, Jamie Dornan, love, medulla oblongata, sex, The Four Loves, writing | 31 Comments

The Sorrows of Young Goethe

Posted on July 21, 2014 by Brenton Dickieson

Let me tell you a story. In the summer of 1772, 245 years ago, a young Johann Wolfgang von Goethe took a position articling in Wetzlar, Germany. He wasn’t a very good lawyer, however, and spent most of his time … Continue reading →