Book Description
The Oxford Inklings was an informal group of literary friends who met weekly to talk about ideas and pieces they were writing and enjoy a good evening of "the cut and parry of prolonged, fierce and masculine argument." This comprehensive guide to the lives, thoughts, and writings of C.S. Lewis, J. R. R. Tolkien, Charles Williams, and Owen Barfield provides an introduction to the Inklings and a second A-Z section that contains many biographical articles, as well as entries on the group's publications, themes, and theology.

SYNOPSIS

The biographies, Christian iconography, and philosophy related to the writings of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, Owen Barfield and their friends are all to be found in this charming encyclopedia, which organizes people, places, ideas, and things in an alphabetical guide. Each thing listed is discussed as it occurred in the works of (when applicable) each of the four writers. Introductory chapters provide the stories of the meetings of their writers' group (called the Oxford Inklings) and the origins of the writers' most famous works.