Tag Archives: T.S. Eliot

100 Facts about Charles Williams

Posted on September 30, 2017 by Brenton Dickieson

Well, for today’s Friday Feature (on early Saturday), this is super cool. Grevel Lindop has written an award-winning, critical biography of this strange man, Charles Williams–so influential to C.S. Lewis and the Inklings and a superbly interesting writer (if difficult … Continue reading →

Posted in Feature Friday, Memorable Quotes | Tagged Charles Williams, Dylan Thomas, Gerard Manley Hopkins, Grevel Lindop, king kong, T.S. Eliot, The Third Inkling | 9 Comments

Lewis’ Reflections on the Psalms and The Revised Psalter by C.S. Lewis and T.S. Eliot

Posted on August 7, 2017 by Brenton Dickieson

Until the time I was forced to hammer out the details for my chronological reading of C.S. Lewis’ works, I thought that he wrote Reflections on the Psalms out of his work with an Anglican committee to update the Book of … Continue reading →

Posted in Original Research | Tagged Book of Common Prayer, C.S. Lewis, C.S. Lewis on Scripture, Clyde S. Kilby, Coverdale, Joy Davidman, Michael Christenson, Reflections on the Psalms, Revised Psalter, Smoke on the Mountain, T.S. Eliot, The Psalms, Tyndale, WWII | 41 Comments

Harold Bloom’s “The Western Canon”

Posted on July 11, 2016 by Brenton Dickieson

Harold Bloom’s The Western Canon: The Books and School of the Ages was a sensation when it appeared in 1994. Harold Bloom, a curmudgeonly anti-academic ivy league scholar, fills this challenging read with fresh insights on every page. He … Continue reading →

Posted in Original Research, Reviews, Thoughtful Essays | Tagged books, C.S. Lewis, canon, Charles Dickens, Charles Williams, Dante, fantasy, feminism, Harold Bloom, J.R.R. Tolkien, Leo Tolstoy, literary criticism, literary history, Milton, mimesis, Reading, Shakespeare, T.S. Eliot, The Western Canon, Ursula K. LeGuin | 39 Comments

The Art of Letter Writing in the Digital Age

Posted on March 7, 2016 by Brenton Dickieson

I have always been fascinated with the art of letter writing. I have filled my reading these last few years with personal letters, especially those of C.S. Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkien, Dorothy L. Sayers, James Thurber, E.B. White, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, and St. Paul. … Continue reading →

Posted in Reflections | Tagged art of letter writing, Arthur C. Clarke, C.S. Lewis, Collected Letters of C.S. Lewis, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Dorothy L. Sayers, E.B. White, J.R.R. Tolkien, james thurber, letter collections, T.S. Eliot | 23 Comments

“…In the Vacant Places” by T.S. Eliot

Posted on June 13, 2015 by Brenton Dickieson

It is the weekend, and I am in the mood for a little treat. C.S. Lewis was a slow convert to T.S. Eliot’s poetry. In fact, Lewis was part of an entire club dedicated to mocking the modern poetry movement … Continue reading →