Tag Archives: That Hideous Strength

“The Inklings & King Arthur Roundtable” with Corey Olsen, Malcolm Guite, Sørina Higgins, and Brenton Dickieson

Posted on February 9, 2018 by Brenton Dickieson

As a follow-up to my post last week about the Inklings and Arthur roundtable, editor Sørina Higgins has posted the video of the discussion. It was a lot of fun to be a part of, and I think you’ll find … Continue reading →

Posted in Feature Friday, Inklings and Arthur | Tagged C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, Corey Olsen, Inklings, Inklings and Arthur, Inklings and King Arthur, J.R.R. Tolkien, Malcolm Guite, owen barfield, Signum University, Sorina Higgins, That Hideous Strength | 8 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 →

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 | 36 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 | 80 Comments

The Launch of The Inklings and King Arthur

Posted on January 1, 2018 by Brenton Dickieson

Today is the day that The Inklings and King Arthur is available now on Amazon and other bookseller lists. In 2013, a previously-unpublished work by J.R.R. Tolkien appeared: The Fall of Arthur, his only explicitly Arthurian writing. The publication of this poem highlighted the … Continue reading →