Tag Archives: Tennyson

The Poets Behind C.S. Lewis’ Paragraph about WWI, with Wilfred Owen

Posted on November 11, 2020 by Brenton Dickieson

I have struggled in the past to understand C.S. Lewis’ complicated relationship with WWI–the Great War, as they called it. In my piece, “Marching as to War: C.S. Lewis on His Way to the Front Line,” I tried to show … Continue reading →

Posted in Reflections | Tagged C.S. Lewis, Canada, Götterdämmerung, In Flanders Fields, L.M. Montgomery, Narnia, Ragnarök, Remembrance Day, Robert Graves, Siegfried Sassoon, Spirits in Bondage, Surprised by Joy, Tennyson, The Chronicles of Narnia, The War Poets, Wilfred Owen, WWI, WWII | 30 Comments

“Charles Williams’s Arthurian Treasury” by Grevel Lindop

Posted on March 28, 2018 by Brenton Dickieson

If Owen Barfield has been called the First and Last Inkling, Charles Williams has been very aptly called the Third Inkling – and the Oddest Inkling. He was also the oldest Inkling, both publishing his first book, a sonnet sequence, … Continue reading →

Posted in Guest Blogs, Inklings and Arthur | Tagged @GrevelLindop, Arthuriana, Bodleian Library, Charles Williams, Grevel Lindop, Inklings, Inklings and Arthur, Inklings and King Arthur, Logres, Malory, mythology, Taliessin Through Logres, Tennyson, The Region of the Summer Stars, War in Heaven | 16 Comments

“An ‘Easy to Read’ Modern Arthurian Epic” by Dale Nelson

Posted on February 7, 2018 by Brenton Dickieson

Two years after his Arthurian novel, That Hideous Strength, was published, and a year before he was discussing Arthur’s multiple “disqualifications” to be a “hero” with Dorothy L. Sayers, Lewis did not allow the complexities of his thoughts about King … Continue reading →

Posted in Guest Blogs, Inklings and Arthur | Tagged Arthuriana, Bede Griffiths, Hugh Waterman, Inklings and Arthur, Martyn Skinner, Oxford, Tennyson, That Hideous Strength, The Abolition of Man, The Golden String, The Return of Arthur, The Screwtape Letters | 58 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 →