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# The Inklings: C. S. Lewis, J. R. R. Tolkien, Charles Williams, and Their Friends

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## Customer Reviews

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    Incomparable Intellects
  

*by A***S on Reviewed in the United States on June 11, 2020*

The Inklings has already achieved renown as a classic study of the literary fraternity centered around J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis and Charles Williams.  For those who already know something of these authors, it is the rare perspicacious look into the lives and careers of these three men. However, for those not well acquainted, the caricatures of Tolkien and Lewis that developed as a result of their celebrated writings need to be dispelled before seeing why reading the Inklings is worthwhile.Tolkien was not merely the author of popular children’s stories. He was also a master of ancient Germanic languages and lore, an important interpreter of Beowulf and a devout Roman Catholic.  In fact, he viewed his fiction as a method of providing young readers with a mythology that could serve as a propaedeutic to Christianity. His genius was of an almost unparalleled level. He and his sons would go for walks in the woods where they would play chess by remembering where all the pieces were in their mind.Lewis was no slouch by comparison. He wrote his Narnia series as an allegory of the Christian narrative. He wrote volumes upon volumes of Christian apologetics. And he was a masterful professor of English literature at both Oxford and Cambridge. His examinations of undergraduates were legendary for the clear thinking and well reasoned arguments he demanded of his students.These figures really should be regarded as towering intellects of the twentieth century. Because of the decline in interest in the humanities their truly groundbreaking contributions to humankind are not fully recognized. But hopefully, as their writing stands the test of time and the liberal arts awaken from their identity obsessed slumber, they’ll be reestablished as the giants of intellect they truly were.

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    Wonderful insights into Lewis and the Inklings
  

*by B***T on Reviewed in the United States on September 10, 2017*

During the 1930s at Oxford, C. S. Lewis, J. R. R. Tolkien, and Charles Williams  were remarkable friends, writers, and scholars and met regularly to discuss philosophy and literature and to read aloud from their own works in progress. Calling themselves the Inklings, their circle grew. It was in this company that such classics as The Lord of the Rings, The Screwtape Letters, and The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe first found an audience.Author Humphrey Carpenter was born in Oxford and was acquainted with Tolkien, Hugo Dryson, and several other Inklings. In this remarkable reconstruction of their meetings and momentous friendships, Carpenter brings to life those warm and enchanting evenings in Lewis' rooms at Magdalen College, when their imaginations ran wild. His account offers exciting insights into the influence these brilliant individuals had on each other's developing ideas and writing.Brother Albert

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    Fragmented but enjoyable
  

*by W***S on Reviewed in the United States on August 16, 2019*

The book was an attempt to show the different personalities and diversity of thought in the group that made up the Inklings. Thou I enjoyed the bios on the lesser known members of the group much of the info on Lewis and Tolkien was not new and there was somewhat of an over balance on the side of Lewis. The imagined Inklings meeting at the end was well done and did serve to draw much of the fragmented book together but seemed like an afterthought.

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