Tag Archives: The Screwtape Letters

Happy 125th Birthday C.S. Lewis! (#CSLewisReadingDay)

Posted on November 29, 2023 by Brenton Dickieson

“It’s my 125th birthday!” C.S. Lewis might cry out in celebration to a gathering of a few dozen of his closest friends. If he could have lived until he was 125, that is. And if he was a rather remarkable … Continue reading →

Posted in Reflections | Tagged C.S. Lewis, cultural criticism, fairy tales, J.R.R. Tolkien, literary history, literature, Narnia, Poetry, speculative fiction, The Screwtape Letters, theology | 11 Comments

An Obituary of C.S. Lewis’ Life as an Oxford Don, by John Wain (on the 60th Anniversary of Lewis’ Death)

Posted on November 22, 2023 by Brenton Dickieson

Today is the 60th anniversary of C.S. Lewis’ death. Among the public figures from Lewis’ history, poet-novelist-critic-playwright John Wain is a complicated character. He comes into Lewis’ story not just as a student but as someone connected to the Inklings … Continue reading →

Posted in Lewis Biography, Memorable Quotes | Tagged 11/22/63, A Grief Observed, books, C.S. Lewis, Inklings, Is Theology Poetry, John Wain, Joy Davidman, obituary, OHEL, Oxford, Reflections on the Psalms, The Personal Heresy, The Screwtape Letters, The Waste Land, They Asked for a Paper | 10 Comments

While Neil Gaiman is Still a (Super Creative and Awesome-to-behold Writerly) Jerk, he is also a Kindly Transmedial Genius, with thoughts on the Graphic Novel adaptation of The Graveyard Book (Throwback Thursday)

Posted on September 13, 2023 by Brenton Dickieson

At A Pilgrim in Narnia, we have an occasional feature called “Throwback Thursday.” By raiding either my own blog hoard or someone else’s, I find an article or review from the past and throw it back out into the digital … Continue reading →

Posted in Reviews, Throwback Thursdays | Tagged American Gods, Anne of Green Gables, C.S. Lewis, Hugo Awards, L.M. Montgomery, Neil Gaiman, Newbery Medal, Terry Pratchett, The Graveyard Book, The Screwtape Letters, The Screwtape Letters: Marvel Comics | 4 Comments

A Rationale for Teaching C.S. Lewis’ Fiction in The Wrong Order

Posted on March 29, 2023 by Brenton Dickieson

I am in my sixth year of teaching “The Fantasy and Science Fiction of C.S. Lewis” at The King’s College in New York City. I inherited this online course from Dr. Sørina Higgins, who followed the original mind behind the … Continue reading →

Posted in Reflections | Tagged C.S. Lewis, Dante, liberal arts, lion the witch and the wardrobe, literature, Narnia, Reading, Science Fiction, Teaching, The Ransom Cycle, The Screwtape Letters, theology, Till We Have Faces | 19 Comments

Never Nude Elwin Ransom of C.S. Lewis’ Classic ScFi, and A Note on Puzzling, Lazy, Irrelevant, Racist, Sexist, and Infelicitous Book Cover Designs (Friday Feature)

Posted on July 8, 2022 by Brenton Dickieson

Ere long and ever ago when this blog was young, I wrote about the “Worst Book Description Ever” from C.S. Lewis’ science fiction classic, Out of the Silent Planet. As is sometimes so in the burdens of experience, I have since … Continue reading →