Tag Archives: The Magician’s Nephew

The Fictional Universe of Narnia

Posted on August 4, 2014 by Brenton Dickieson

I am editing a paper Mythcon in August in Norton, MA. I am quite excited to be presenting some of my work on The Screwtape Letters and the Ransom Cycle. It is an unusual audience, a mix of scholars and … Continue reading →

Posted in Fictional Worlds, Original Research | Tagged books, C.S. Lewis, children's literature, fantasy, Fictional Universes, intertextuality, lion the witch and the wardrobe, literature, myth, Narnia, Ransom Trilogy, Sherlock Holmes, The Last Battle, The Lion, The Magician's Nephew, The Screwtape Letters | 59 Comments

A Poetic Tribute to The Great Knock

Posted on May 30, 2013 by Brenton Dickieson

In an October 2012 blog, “A Tribute to a Mentor,” I told the story of C.S. Lewis’ great teacher, William Kirkpatrick. He was called “The Great Knock” by the Lewis family, and he absolutely transformed C.S. Lewis’ way of thinking. … Continue reading →

Posted in Lewis Biography, Reflections | Tagged C.S. Lewis, Digory Kirke, Don King, lion the witch and the wardrobe, literature, mentor, Poetry, religion, Surprised by Joy, The Great Knock, The Last Battle, The Magician's Nephew, William Kirkpatrick | 15 Comments

A Tribute to a Mentor

Posted on October 4, 2012 by Brenton Dickieson

No one was more formative to the thinking of the young C.S. Lewis than William Thompson Kirkpatrick. Lovingly dubbed “The Great Knock” by the Lewis family, Kirkpatrick absolutely transformed Lewis’ way of thinking and set him on his academic trajectory. … Continue reading →

Posted in Lewis Biography, Memorable Quotes, Reflections | Tagged apologetics, C.S. Lewis, conversion to Christianity, Digory Kirke, Kirk, lion the witch and the wardrobe, little bookham, logic, mentor, Narnia, The Great Knock, The Lion, The Magician's Nephew, The Pilgrim's Regress, The Screwtape Letters, William Kirkpatrick | 14 Comments

What We Believe is What We Become, from The Magician’s Nephew

Posted on August 25, 2012 by Brenton Dickieson

As far as I understand it, The Magician’s Nephew was the Narnia Chronicle C.S. Lewis struggled most to write. He began it after The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe became popular in 1949, but he didn’t finish it until 1954. … Continue reading →

Posted in Memorable Quotes, Reflections | Tagged belief, books, C.S. Lewis, Digory Kirke, hell, lion the witch and the wardrobe, literature, myth, Narnia, Skepticism, The Great Divorce, The Magician's Nephew, The Problem of Pain | 26 Comments

The Haunting Death: Lewis, Buechner, and Me on the Loss of a Parent

Posted on October 11, 2011 by Brenton Dickieson

Lewis in Letters I’ve read, now, about 200 pages of Lewis’ letters. This is just a small slice of the 2000 pages of his letters I have in my bookshelves. But it is enough to begin to see patterns and … Continue reading →