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The Inklings handbook : a comprehensive guide to the lives, thought, and writings of C.S. Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkien, Charles Williams, Owen Barfield, and their friends / Colin Duriez and David Porter.
Van Pelt Library PR478.I54 D87 2001
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Duriez, Colin.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Barfield, Owen, 1898-1997.
- Williams, Charles, 1886-1945.
- Tolkien, J. R. R. (John Ronald Reuel), 1892-1973.
- Lewis, C. S. (Clive Staples), 1898-1963.
- Inklings (Group of writers)--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
- Inklings (Group of writers).
- Fantasy literature, English.
- English literature.
- Oxford (England)--Intellectual life--20th century--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
- Oxford (England).
- Authors, English--20th century--Biography--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
- Authors, English.
- English literature--20th century--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
- Fantasy literature, English--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
- Lewis, C. S. (Clive Staples), 1898-1963--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
- Lewis, C. S.
- Tolkien, J. R. R. (John Ronald Reuel), 1892-1973--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
- Tolkien, J. R. R.
- Williams, Charles, 1886-1945--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
- Williams, Charles.
- Barfield, Owen, 1898-1997--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
- Barfield, Owen.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Handbooks and manuals.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 244 pages ; 24 cm
- Edition:
- North American edition.
- Place of Publication:
- St. Louis, MO : Chalice Press, 2001.
- Summary:
- The Oxford Inklings was an informal group of literary friends who met weekly from around 1933 to 1963 to talk about ideas, read to each other pieces they were writing, and enjoy a good evening of "the cut and parry of prolonged, fierce and masculine argument."
- The Inklings Handbook focuses on the main members of the group, C. S. Lewis and J. R. R. Tolkien -- who are among the most popular writers of the twentieth century -- Charles Williams, and Owen Barfield. Composed of two sections, this comprehensive guide provides an introduction to the Inklings themselves and an A-Z section of biographical articles, as well as the group's publications, themes, and theology. Included is an extensive bibliography and suggestions for further reading.
- Authoritative and engaging, Duriez and Porter's long-awaited volume makes a fascinating attempt to capture the elusive complexity of the friendships at the heart of this most remarkable association of writers.
- Contents:
- The life and times of the inklings
- An inklings chronology
- The making of Narnia
- JRRT's middle-earth
- Arthur, Logres and the empire
- Theology and fantasy in the inklings.
- Notes:
- Originally published: Great Britain : Azure, 2001.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 230-237).
- "Bibliography of selected writings about the Inklings": pages 238-244.
- ISBN:
- 082721622X
- OCLC:
- 47142077
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