C. S. Lewis: Excerpts from preface, “On Stories,” and “It All Began with a Picture” from Essays Presented to Charles Williams; reprinted by permission of Oxford University Press, Ltd., www.oup.com. Excerpts from letters and diary excerpts; excerpts from The Collected Letters of C. S. Lewis, Volume 1: Family Letters 1905–1931, edited by Walter Hooper, from The Collected Letters of C. S. Lewis, Volume 2: Books, Broadcasts, and the War 1931–1949, edited by Walter Hooper, and from The Collected Letters of C. S. Lewis, Volume 3: Narnia, Cambridge, and Joy 1950–1963, edited by Walter Hooper; excerpts from “My Life during the Exmas Holadays of 1907” from “The Lewis Family Papers or Memoirs of the Lewis Family (1850–1930),” III: 88–92; unpublished typescript edited by Warren Hamilton Lewis in 11 volumes, 1933–1935; excerpt from unsigned review of J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit, from The Times (London) 47810 (October 8, 1937); excerpt from dust cover for J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring; five-line verse (“Beauty and brains and virtue never dwell / Together in one place, the critics say…”); excerpt (“How can I ask thee Father to defend / In peril of war my brother’s head to-day.”); excerpts from Broadcast Talks. “Father Gervase”; excerpt from The Voyage of the Dawn Treader; extracts by C. S. Lewis copyright © C. S. Lewis Pte., Ltd. All reprinted by permission of the C. S. Lewis Co., Ltd. Excerpts from Surprised by Joy: The Shape of My Early Life, copyright © 1956 by C. S. Lewis and renewed © 1984 by Arthur Owen Barfield. Excerpt from The Four Loves, copyright © 1960 by C. S. Lewis, renewed 1988 by Arthur Owen Barfield. “French Nocturne (Monchy-Le-Preux)” and excerpts from “Ballade Mystique,” “Satan Speaks,” “De Profundis,” “Ode for New Year’s Day,” “In Praise of Solid People,” and “The Ass” from Spirits in Bondage: A Cycle of Lyrics, edited by Walter Hooper, copyright © 1964 by the Executors of the Estate of C. S. Lewis, renewed © 1992 by C. S. Lewis Pte., Ltd. Excerpts from All My Road Before Me: The Diary of C. S. Lewis 1922–1927, copyright © 1991 by C. S. Lewis Pte., Ltd. Excerpt from diary entry (January 26, 1923) in Letters of C. S. Lewis: Edited and with a Memoir by W. H. Lewis, Revised and Enlarged Edition, edited by W. H. Lewis, copyright © 1966 by C. S. Lewis Pte., Ltd. Excerpts from “Dymer” from Narrative Poems, edited by Walter Hooper, copyright © 1969. Excerpt from a letter to J.R.R. Tolkien, as quoted in Christopher Tolkien, introduction to the “Lay of Leithian” in J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lays of Beleriand (The History of Middle-earth, Volume 3), edited by Christopher Tolkien, copyright © 1985 C. S. Lewis Pte., Ltd. “The Apologist’s Evening Prayer” from Poems, edited by Walter Hooper, copyright © 1964 by the Executors of the Estate of C. S. Lewis and renewed © 1964 by C. S. Lewis Pte., Ltd. All reprinted by permission of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company and HarperCollins Publishers Ltd. All rights reserved.
Flora Augusta Lewis: Excerpts from “The Lewis Family Papers or Memoirs of the Lewis Family (1850–1930)”; unpublished typescript edited by Warren Hamilton Lewis in 11 volumes, 1933–1935; copyright © C. S. Lewis Pte., Ltd. Reprinted with the permission of the Marion E. Wade Center, Wheaton College, Wheaton, Il., and the C. S. Lewis Co., Ltd.
W. H. Lewis: Excerpts from Brothers and Friends: The Diaries of Major Warren Hamilton Lewis, edited by Clyde S. Kilby and Marjorie Lamp Mead, copyright © 1982 by the Marion E. Wade Collection, Wheaton College. Reprinted by permission of HarperCollins Publishers.
Warren Lewis, excerpts from “Memoir of C. S. Lewis” in Letters of C. S. Lewis: Edited and with a Memoir by W. H. Lewis, Revised and Enlarged Edition, edited by W. H. Lewis, copyright © 1966 by W. H. Lewis. Reprinted by permission of HarperCollins Publishers, Ltd., and Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved. Excerpts from “Memoir of C. S. Lewis” (unpublished draft); excerpts from “The Lewis Family Papers or Memoirs of the Lewis Family (1850–1930)”; unpublished typescript edited by Warren Hamilton Lewis in 11 volumes, 1933–1935; excerpt from diary entry for November 5, 1933 (unpublished). Used by permission of the Marion E. Wade Center, Wheaton College, Wheaton, Il.
Dorothy L. Sayers: Excerpt from “‘… And Telling You a Story’: A Note on The Divine Comedy” in C. S. Lewis, Essays Presented to Charles Williams. Reprinted by permission of Oxford University Press, Ltd. Excerpt from a letter dated May 13, 1943. Reprinted by permission of David Higham Associates, Ltd., for the Estate of Dorothy Sayers.
J.R.R. Tolkien: Excerpts from The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien, edited by Humphrey Carpenter and Christopher Tolkien, copyright © 1981 by George Allen & Unwin (Publishers), Ltd. Excerpts from The Lord of the Rings, 50th-anniversary one-volume edition, copyright 1954, © 1955, 1956, 1965, 1966 by J.R.R. Tolkien, renewed © 1982, 1983 by Christopher R. Tolkien, Michael H. R. Tolkien, John F. R. Tolkien, and Priscilla M.A.R. Tolkien, renewed © 1993, 1994 by Christopher R. Tolkien, John F. R. Tolkien, and Priscilla M.A.R. Tolkien. Excerpt from John Garth, Tolkien and the Great War: The Threshold of Middle-Earth, copyright © 2003 by John Garth; excerpts from “On ‘The Kalevala’ or Land of Heroes,” delivered to the Sundial Society (Corpus Christi College, Oxford), November 22, 1914, and other excerpts from Christina Scull and Wayne G. Hammond, The J.R.R. Tolkien Companion & Guide: Reader’s Guide, Volume 1, copyright © 2006 by Christina Scull and Wayne G. Hammond. All reprinted by permission of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company and HarperCollins Publishers, Ltd. All rights reserved.
Rayner Unwin: Excerpt from review of J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit, from Humphrey Carpenter, J.R.R. Tolkien: A Biography, copyright © 1977, 1978, 1987 by George Allen & Unwin (Publishers), Ltd. Reprinted by permission of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company and HarperCollins Publishers, Ltd. All rights reserved.
John Wain: Excerpts from Sprightly Running: Part of an Autobiography, edited by Humphrey Carpenter with the assistance of Christopher Tolkien (New York: St. Martin’s Press; London: Macmillan, 1962). Reprinted with permission.
Charles Williams: Excerpt from a letter to C. S. Lewis. Reprinted with the permission of David Higham Associates, Ltd., for the Estate of Charles Williams.
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Zaleski, Philip.
The fellowship: the literary lives of the Inklings: J.R.R. Tolkien, C. S. Lewis, Owen Barfield, Charles Williams / Philip Zaleski, Carol Zaleski.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-0-374-15409-7 (hardback)—ISBN 978-0-374-71379-9 (e-book)
1. Inklings (Group of writers) 2. Tolkien, J. R. R. (John Ronald Reuel), 1892–1973. 3. Lewis, C. S. (Clive Staples), 1898–1963. 4. Barfield, Owen, 1898–1997. 5. Williams, Charles, 1886–1945. 6. Literature and society—England—History—20th century. 7. Oxford (England)—Intellectual life—20th century—Biography. I. Zaleski, Carol. II. Title.
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