Tag Archives: Marion E. Wade Center

Why Didn’t Someone See it First? Discussing the Screwtape-Ransom Discovery

Posted on November 2, 2015 by Brenton Dickieson

Last week I shared some research in The Screwtape Letters—research that has changed the course of my research. You can read it here, but basically it showed that C.S. Lewis was thinking about his work in ways we never knew. … Continue reading →

Posted in Fictional Worlds, Original Research | Tagged C.S. Lewis, literature, Marion E. Wade Center, Ransom Trilogy, research, Screwtape, The Screwtape Letters, theology, University, writing, WWII | 51 Comments

On Pretending to be in a PhD (pt. 2)

Posted on August 10, 2015 by Brenton Dickieson

In my 400th blog post I noted that in 2011 I began pretending I was in a PhD. It is doubtless an odd thing to say, though it has been normal for me for so long I didn’t even think … Continue reading →

Posted in Fictional Worlds, Reflections | Tagged Charles Williams, Dorothy L. Sayers, Fictional Universes, Flannery O'Connor, graduate school, J.R.R. Tolkien, literature, Marilynne Robinson, Marion E. Wade Center, phd students, Regent College, Ursula K. LeGuin | 22 Comments

A Review of “The Chapel of the Thorn,” a lost Charles Williams play by Sørina Higgins

Posted on May 25, 2015 by Brenton Dickieson

Libraries are sacred spaces. I have had the opportunity to make pilgrimage to some of these storied cathedrals. I sat in contemplation at the Edwin W. Brown Collection at Taylor University in Upland, Indiana, not even sure what I would … Continue reading →

Posted in Reviews | Tagged A Grief Observed, Arthuriana, Bodleian Library, Chapel of the Thorn, Charles Williams, fantasy, Gladstone's Library, letters, Margaret Atwood, Marion E. Wade Center, Poetry, religion, Science Fiction, Shakespeare | 19 Comments

May Artifact of the Month: Charles Williams’s Honorary Master’s Degree

Posted on May 8, 2015 by Brenton Dickieson

Today is the 70th anniversary of VE Day. People throughout the allied territories were celebrating Victory in Europe, including huge crowds in London and Oxford. While England was celebrating, Charles Williams was taken to hospital on May 10th. He died … Continue reading →

Posted in Guest Blogs, Reflections | Tagged archive, Charles Williams, Death, Inklings, literature, Marion E. Wade Center, research, VE Day, WWII | 4 Comments

“How to Handle the Hallows” video by Sørina Higgins

Posted on January 22, 2015 by Brenton Dickieson

Editor Sørina Higgins has recently released The Chapel of the Thorn, a 1912 narrative poem by Charles Williams. I had the distinct privilege of reading this text when I made a research visit to the Marion E. Wade Center in … Continue reading →