Tag Archives: The Discarded Image

Introducing Why Read Lewis with William O’Flaherty (Friday Feature)

Posted on April 14, 2017 by Brenton Dickieson

William O’Flaherty is introducing a new occasional podcast series designed to encourage you to read books that C.S. Lewis wrote (or edited). Even those who have read a variety of works by him are surprised to learn he wrote more … Continue reading →

Posted in Feature Friday | Tagged C.S. Lewis, Crystal Hurd, Dymer, Jerry Root, Michael Ward, Sorina Higgins, Studies in Medieval and Renaissance Literature, The Allegory of Love, The Discarded Image, The Great Divorce, The Last Battle, Till We Have Faces, William O'Flaherty | 1 Comment

George Watson’s Provocative Comments on C.S. Lewis as Literary Critic

Posted on February 22, 2017 by Brenton Dickieson

One of the advantages of finding new libraries is that the librarian’s skill of book-buying is more art than science. The librarians I know, despite their adept use of analytics, have as much curator or architect in them as they … Continue reading →

Posted in Reviews | Tagged An Experiment in Criticism, C.S. Lewis, Douglas Adams, English Literature in the Sixteenth Century, F.R. Leavis, g k chesterton, George Watson, Inklings, Jacques Derrida, Joy Davidman, librarians, literary criticism, myth, Narnia, Postmodernism, Reader Response Criticism, Reading, Roland Barthes, Samuel Johnson, Sherlock Holmes, Socratic Club, Studies in Words, The Allegory of Love, The Discarded Image, The Personal Heresy, Till We Have Faces, William Empson | 28 Comments

Announcement: “Getting Medieval With C.S. Lewis” A Theology on Tap with Chris Armstrong

Posted on October 17, 2016 by Brenton Dickieson

One of my favourite speaking events ever was my “Hobbit’s Theology” talk at a Theology on Tap last winter. This is a local tradition where professors and wordsmiths share their leading discoveries at a “Research on Tap,” or where they talk … Continue reading →

Posted in Reviews | Tagged books, C.S. Lewis, literature, medieval, The Discarded Image, theology, Theology of Culture, Theology on Tap | 29 Comments

Chris Armstrong’s Medieval Wisdom for Modern Christians

Posted on August 15, 2016 by Brenton Dickieson

Chris R. Armstrong, Medieval Wisdom for Modern Christians: Finding Authentic Faith in a Forgotten Age with C. S. Lewis (2016) You might say that old is the new new. As culture commits itself further to its pathological aversion to stillness, … Continue reading →

Posted in Reviews | Tagged books, C.S. Lewis, literature, medieval, The Discarded Image, theology, Theology of Culture | 13 Comments

C.S. Lewis and the Music of the Spheres

Posted on March 19, 2014 by Brenton Dickieson

On Monday I blogged “On Leprechauns,” referencing C.S. Lewis’ “The Discarded Image,” where he embarks on a rather scientific look at faeries. “The Discarded Image” is part of a larger series of Oxford lectures that capture the medieval worldview to … Continue reading →