The Fellowship Literary Lives Of The Inklings Tolkien CS Lewis Literature Book

by Philip Zaleski and Carol Zaleski

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The Fellowship Literary Lives Of The Inklings Tolkien CS Lewis Literature Book The Fellowship The Literary Lives Of The Inklings J.R.R. Tolkien + C.S. Lewis + Owen Barfield + Charles Williams By Philip Zaleski and Carol Zaleski Published by Farrar, Strauss and Giroux: New York 2015 1st Edition 1st Printing First Edition - In Original Unclipped Dustjacket "The Fellowship: The Literary Lives of the Inklings is Philip Zaleski and Carol Zaleski's substantial literary biography of the remarkable circle of writers and thinkers centred upon J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Owen Barfield and Charles Williams. Known collectively as the Inklings, they gathered regularly in Oxford during the middle decades of the twentieth century, meeting in Lewis's rooms at Magdalen College and in local pubs to discuss literature, philosophy, religion and their own works in progress. Drawing upon extensive archival and biographical material, the Zaleskis explore both the individual lives of these four extraordinary figures and the friendships, disagreements and intellectual exchanges that bound them together. At the heart of the narrative are Tolkien and Lewis, whose friendship became one of the most consequential literary relationships of the century. The authors trace Tolkien's scholarship, mythology and development of the imaginative world that culminated in The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, alongside Lewis's transformation into the celebrated scholar, Christian apologist and creator of The Chronicl

• Publisher: Farrar, Strauss and Giroux: New York
• Year: 2015
• Condition: Very Good

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