Tag Archives: Walter Hooper

Yatta! Chronological Reading of C.S. Lewis Complete

Posted on March 9, 2016 by Brenton Dickieson

It is not every day that I resort to an animated gif to describe my thought processes. But last night, as my 11 year old son, Nicolas, was perfecting his shi ho hai at karate, I finished reading everything that … Continue reading →

Posted in Reflections | Tagged C.S. Lewis, Collected Letters of C.S. Lewis, Heroes, Reading, Walter Hooper, writing | 32 Comments

Reconsidering the Lindskoog Affair

Posted on January 25, 2016 by Brenton Dickieson

Perhaps no figure has caused as much tension in the community of C.S. Lewis scholars and fans as Kathryn Lindskoog. In 1978, shortly after the publication of C.S. Lewis’ The Dark Tower and Other Stories, Walter Hooper found his editorial … Continue reading →

Posted in Original Research, Reflections | Tagged A.N. Wilson, Abigail Santamaria, C.S. Lewis, Charlie Starr, Collected Letters of C.S. Lewis, conspiracy theory, forgery, J.R.R. Tolkien, Joy Davidman, Kathryn Lindskoog, Ransom Trilogy, Samuel Joeckel, The Canadian C.S. Lewis Journal, The Dark Tower, Walter Hooper | 110 Comments

A Manuscript List and Timeline of The Screwtape Letters

Posted on November 18, 2015 by Brenton Dickieson

A couple of weeks ago I had announced the publication of a surprising draft of a preface to The Screwtape Letters. This “Handwritten Preface” is a “Cosmic Find,” since it shows us that Lewis thought about including Screwtape in the … Continue reading →

Posted in Fictional Worlds, Lewis Biography, Original Research | Tagged books, C.S. Lewis, Collected Letters of C.S. Lewis, Ransom Trilogy, Screwtape, The Screwtape Letters, Walter Hooper, writing, WWII | 45 Comments

The Transformative Power of Memory: Lewis and the Great Wars

Posted on November 11, 2015 by Brenton Dickieson

The first reader of C.S. Lewis’ autobiography, Surprised by Joy, might be puzzled by the fact that WWI—the catastrophe that decided the fate of so many of Europe’s great thinkers and artists and inventors—makes up very little of Lewis’ narrative. … Continue reading →

Posted in Reflections | Tagged C.S. Lewis, Ransom Trilogy, The Screwtape Letters, Walter Hooper, war, writing, WWI, WWII | 17 Comments

On a Picture by Chirico: A Proposal about the Creation of Narnia

Posted on July 15, 2015 by Brenton Dickieson

What sorts of things was C.S. Lewis thinking about as he made the sudden turn to Narnia? When you look at the projects on Lewis’ desk, you would hardly guess that he would turn to a children’s fairy tale. Here … Continue reading →