Tag Archives: The Great Divorce

Guest Blog: C.S. Lewis Goes to Heaven: William O’Flaherty’s Interview with David Clark

Posted on January 12, 2015 by Brenton Dickieson

William O’Flaherty is the intrepid host of the “All About Jack” podcast and the Essential C.S. Lewis website. He interviewed Dr. David Clark, and includes that transcript here as part of our ongoing series on The Great Divorce. Dr. Clark … Continue reading →

Posted in Reflections | Tagged C.S. Lewis, fantasy, heaven, hell, That Hideous Strength, The Great Divorce, The Last Battle, theology, Till We Have Faces | 7 Comments

A Level of Hell that Dante Forgot: A Note from Discworld

Posted on December 15, 2014 by Brenton Dickieson

Terry Pratchett is about as weird and wonderful an author as I could ever want. A master world-builder, he trades in irony, parody, and satire the way the TV show Glee trades in stereotypes. And yet, despite the constant self-degradation … Continue reading →

Posted in Fictional Worlds, Memorable Quotes | Tagged C.S. Lewis, children's literature, Dante, Discworld, fantasy, Faust, Fictional Universes, Glee, Goethe, hell, intertextuality, Terry Pratchett, The Great Divorce, The Screwtape Letters | 30 Comments

“I’d Rather be Damned than Go along With You!” The Big Man in The Great Divorce

Posted on December 8, 2014 by Brenton Dickieson

Readers here will know that I’ve blogged about bullying before. C.S. Lewis himself struggled with the culture of bullying at the schools he went to. In this intriguing chapter of The Great Divorce, published 70 years ago today, Lewis explores … Continue reading →

Posted in Memorable Quotes, Reflections | Tagged bullying, C.S. Lewis, heaven, hell, Milton, Paradise Lost, The Great Divorce | 22 Comments

Simon Vance’s Reading of “The Great Divorce” (an Audiobook Review)

Posted on December 1, 2014 by Brenton Dickieson

I am, I admit, a fan of audiobooks. I always have a book in my ear, whether I’m walking to work or hiking across campus or doing odd jobs at home. I alternate between a professional book, a lecture series … Continue reading →

Posted in Reflections | Tagged accents, audiobooks, C.S. Lewis, George MacDonald, Ralph Cosham, Robert Whitfield, Scotty, Simon Vance, Star Trek, The Abolition of Man, The Great Divorce, WWII | 8 Comments

Balder the Beautiful Is Dead, Is Dead: C.S. Lewis’ Imaginative Conversion

Posted on November 26, 2014 by Brenton Dickieson

One day a young C.S. Lewis casually turned to Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s death-dirge in the tradition of a northern epic poem, Tegner’s Drapa. He read these words that forever changed him: I heard a voice that cried, Balder the beautiful … Continue reading →