Tag Archives: University

The Problem of the Canon

Posted on July 20, 2016 by Brenton Dickieson

Lately I have been playing with lists. Partly, this grows out of my desire to read great books. And partly it grows out of attempt to catch up on the severe lack of education I received growing up. So I … Continue reading →

Posted in Reflections | Tagged academic, Brexit, canon, class, Cultural Capital, Donald Trump, Election 2016, Harold Bloom, higher education, John Guillory, Reading, The Western Canon, University | 29 Comments

A Call for Literary Patrons

Posted on June 20, 2016 by Brenton Dickieson

I still have not found the words—or the time to search very hard—to describe the sublime experience of my research and conference trip to the Midwest these past couple of weeks. I spent nearly five days in archival and secondary … Continue reading →

Posted in News & Links, Reflections | Tagged academic, friendship, literary friendship, literature, PhD, Reading, research, theology, University, writing | 26 Comments

A Lament for the Loss of Young Teachers

Posted on December 8, 2015 by Brenton Dickieson

Last week I wrote a post about the problems of the lack of women in academic publishing, using my favourite publisher, Zondervan, as a test case for the conversation. Senior editor Katya Covrett responded, setting the problem of academic publishing … Continue reading →

Posted in On Writing, Original Research, Reflections, Thoughtful Essays | Tagged academic, art, Education, higher education, Mr. Holland's Opus, On Writing, publishing, Richard Dreyfuss, Teaching, theology, Theology of Culture, University, Zondervan | 25 Comments

Why Didn’t Someone See it First? Discussing the Screwtape-Ransom Discovery

Posted on November 2, 2015 by Brenton Dickieson

Last week I shared some research in The Screwtape Letters—research that has changed the course of my research. You can read it here, but basically it showed that C.S. Lewis was thinking about his work in ways we never knew. … Continue reading →

Posted in Fictional Worlds, Original Research | Tagged C.S. Lewis, literature, Marion E. Wade Center, Ransom Trilogy, research, Screwtape, The Screwtape Letters, theology, University, writing, WWII | 51 Comments

“Integrity” and “Research”: Two Evils of the University According to C.S. Lewis

Posted on October 7, 2015 by Brenton Dickieson

In his mid-50s, after a devoting more than 35 years to Oxford as a student and teacher, C.S. Lewis moved to the “other university”: Cambridge. A year or so after taking his Chair, he wrote for The Cambridge Review, … Continue reading →