Tag Archives: The Quest of Bleheris

The Literary Past and Future in C.S. Lewis’ “The Quest of Bleheris”: My Talk Tonight at the New York C.S. Lewis Society (Fri, Apr 8, 2022, 7:30pm Eastern on Zoom)

Posted on April 8, 2022 by Brenton Dickieson

I am very pleased to be speaking tonight at the New York C.S. Lewis Society, the world’s oldest active society for sharing the enjoyment and considering the impact of C.S. Lewis‘ life and works. The New York C.S. Lewis Society … Continue reading →

Posted in News & Links, Original Research | Tagged C.S. Lewis, Ghostbusters, James Como, Mystical Perelandra, New York C.S. Lewis Society, New York Public Library, Perelandra, The Quest of Bleheris, The Screwtape Letters | 10 Comments

C.S. Lewis’ “Dymer”… or is it Deemer? (or Can Someone from the Buffyverse be Wrong?)

Posted on November 19, 2018 by Brenton Dickieson

As I hinted last month, I have been reading and rereading C.S. Lewis’ Dymer. Lewis only kept a journal during his early Oxford years, 1922-1927. The diary’s posthumous title, All My Road Before Me, is taken from the first stanza of Dymer: … Continue reading →

Posted in Reflections | Tagged A.N. Wilson, Alister McGrath, All My Road Before Me, books, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, C.S. Lewis, Chad Walsh, david downing, Don King, Dymer, Monika Hilder, Poetry, Robin Sachs, The Quest of Bleheris | 36 Comments

Off to the UK!

Posted on September 27, 2018 by Brenton Dickieson

Next week I am boarding a jet plane for a research trip to the UK. I’ve got a few things on the agenda: Oxford Ah yes, Oxford, city of dreaming spires. It is an imaginatively rich space for me. I … Continue reading →

Posted in Reflections | Tagged A Grief Observed, archival research, Bodleian, Bodleian Library, C.S. Lewis, Cheltenham, Chester, George Sayer, Gloucester, Gloucestershire, J.R.R. Tolkien, Oxford, Oxford C.S. Lewis Society, Surprised by Joy, The Quest of Bleheris, Worcester | 16 Comments

Why the C.S. Lewis and Friends Colloquium is Awesome: Wordless

Posted on June 6, 2018 by Brenton Dickieson

Just a quick note to say that I have had an amazing conference at Taylor University this past week. The C.S. Lewis and Friends Colloquium is truly awesome, and I hope to come back to why I think so. My heart … Continue reading →

Posted in News & Links, Original Research, Reflections | Tagged academics, archival research, Arthur Greeves, C.S. Lewis, Marion E. Wade Center, PhD Research, Poetry, research, The Quest of Bleheris | 16 Comments

Panel on C.S. Lewis’ “The Quest of Bleheris” at the C.S. Lewis and Friends Colloquium

Posted on May 30, 2018 by Brenton Dickieson

I am currently working in the Marion E. Wade Center–the premier C.S. Lewis archival research space on the continent and a lovely little spot that houses materials by and about the British authors that are the primary focus on this … Continue reading →

Posted in L.M. Montgomery, News & Links, Original Research | Tagged archival research, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, david downing, Dorothy L. Sayers, g k chesterton, George MacDonald, J.R.R. Tolkien, L.M. Montgomery, Marion E. Wade Center, owen barfield, research, The Quest of Bleheris, William Morris | 16 Comments

“C.S. Lewis’ Arthuriad: Survey and Speculation” by Brenton Dickieson

Posted on April 11, 2018 by Brenton Dickieson

Whatever else they had in common and apart, one of the features of the central Inklings–J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, and Charles Williams–is that they each have left their Arthuriad incomplete. In the case of Tolkien and Lewis, they abandoned early narrative … Continue reading →

Posted in Inklings and Arthur, Lewis Biography, Lewis' Essays | Tagged Arthuriana, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, Inklings and Arthur, Inklings and King Arthur, J.R.R. Tolkien, mythology, Narnia, The Quest of Bleheris | 45 Comments

Call for Papers: 2018 C.S. Lewis & Friends Colloquium at Taylor University

Posted on March 23, 2018 by Brenton Dickieson

While I am looking forward to the biennial L.M. Montgomery Conference in June here in PEI, and while ISRLC in Europe is pretty cool (Uppsala, SE) and I can’t wait to get to my next Mythcon (2018 is Atlanta, GA) or … Continue reading →

Posted in Reflections | Tagged C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, Dorothy L. Sayers, g k chesterton, George MacDonald, Inklings, J.R.R. Tolkien, owen barfield, Ransom Trilogy, The Quest of Bleheris, The Screwtape Letters | 5 Comments

Leatherhead and Literary Coincidence, with C.S. Lewis and H.G. Wells

Posted on February 19, 2018 by Brenton Dickieson

I encountered the town of Leatherhead first in H.G. Wells’ The War of the Worlds (1897). It is one of a dozen or so English place names that meant nothing to me as a young reader. As an adult, armed with an … Continue reading →

Posted in Lewis Biography, Original Research | Tagged George MacDonald, George Tomkyns Chesney, H.G. Wells, intertextuality, Leatherhead, Phantastes, Science Fiction, SF, Surprised by Joy, Surrey, The Battle of Dorking, The Quest of Bleheris, The War of the Worlds | 23 Comments

My Cheat Sheet of C.S. Lewis’ Writing Schedule

Posted on January 15, 2018 by Brenton Dickieson

For those who study authors of the past, you will soon discover that the publication lists and bibliography of an author are not always terribly helpful. After all, writing, editing, and publishing a book are stages that can each take years. … Continue reading →

Posted in Reflections | Tagged Alister McGrath, books, Carol Zaleski and Philip Zaleski, English Literature in the Sixteenth Century, Ezra Pound, Fellowship of the Ring, George Sayer, Humphrey Carpenter, OHEL, Roger Lancelyn Green, The Quest of Bleheris, Walter Hooper, writing | 13 Comments

2017: A Year of Reading

Posted on January 8, 2018 by Brenton Dickieson

“The object of a New Year is not that we should have a new year. It is that we should have a new soul and a new nose; new feet, a new backbone, new ears, and new eyes. Unless a … Continue reading →