
The Oxford Inklings
Lewis, Tolkien and Their Circle
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Narrated by:
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Simon Vance
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By:
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Colin Duriez
The Oxford Inklings tells the story of the friendships, mutual influence, and common purpose of the Inklings - the literary circle which congregated around C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien. Meeting in pubs or Lewis' college rooms, they included an influential array of literary figures. They were, claimed poet and novelist John Wain, bent on "the task of redirecting the whole current of contemporary art and life".
Tolkien and Lewis expert Colin Duriez unpacks the Inklings' origins, relationships, and the nature of their collaboration. He shows how they influenced, encouraged, and moulded each other. Duriez also covers the less celebrated Inklings, neglected, he claims, for too long. What did they owe - and offer - to the more acknowledged names? What brought them together? And what, eventually, drove them apart from their initial focus upon each other's writings?
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Great insights into the Inklings
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This was a nice, concise summary of various philosophical and intellectual currents in 30-50s academia. Unfortunately, the author was less skilled at summarizing his biographies. This was an easy listening book, so it didn't prevent me from finishing, but the chronology jumped around and was hard to follow.
Still, it effectively communicated the over sense of who and what the inklings were. Glad I read it!
Fascinating summary
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interesting but repetitive
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