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C.S. Lewis

Discussion in 'Booktalk' started by Shadowcouncil, Jan 11, 2002.

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    [​IMG] I'm reading a little GK Chesteron lately ... any fans of the grizzled jester here on SP? He was a major influence on Lewis' life...especially when he was far from God.

    I think the quote Lewis had in regards to Chesterton was "You have to be very careful with that man's writings if you don't want to believe in God." (or something like that ... I read it on the treadmill ;) )

    The book ORTHODOXY was wonderful. Christian or not, this is something that will add new layers to the way you think. I recommend it whole-heartedly.
     
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    I didn't read that book yet.. thanks for the hint, I'll surely read it
     
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    If I have my information right, Tolkien and C.S. were chums. Am I right? Anyone hear the same?
     
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    [​IMG] That's right, they were close friends. Lewis took him to see what Disney made of the old folk tale Snow-white and the Seven Dwarves once. Tolkien was appaled. :p

    Probably a sign of what was to come when people wanted to make films/cartoons/musicals from his writing. Up until now, that is.
     
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    (Mathetais casts Resurrection on this old, beloved topic and brings it home to the BookTalk forum ...)

    There was actually a group of English writers during Lewis & Tolkien's time called the Inklings. They would share ideas and frustrations over pipes and brandy. This group probably inspired more fantasy than any other. (Any of you Lit. Majors out there might want to do a paper on that ;) )

    C.S. Lewis and the Inklings
    A Fellowship of Christian Thinkers and Writers

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    Perhaps no informal association of writers has had the impact on the world that the Inklings have. This collection of gifted men met weekly between 1930 and 1949 in Lewis' rooms in Magdalen College at Oxford. During their celebrated gatherings, they would talk, share a beverage, and read aloud their latest projects. Discussion and constructive criticism of the work would follow. Lewis' Screwtape Letters and Tolkien's Lord of the Rings were only two of the lasting literary works which bore the scrutiny of scholarly and friendly critique in this setting.
    The same set of friends would also meet each Tuesday morning at an Oxford pub. This casual gathering usually assembled at the Eagle and Child, affectionately called by them the "Bird and Baby." These sessions, in the comfortable atmosphere of an English pub, continued up until Lewis' death in 1963. G.B. Tennyson describes the Inklings as a "literary school that shared not only Lewis's friendship but in their own ways Lewis's dedication to Christianity."

    It is worth noting that a student at Oxford, Edward Tangye-Lean had actually formed the predecessor to the Inklings of renown. His "Inklings" group included both students and dons, and reviewed unpublished manuscripts. This club did not last long, but two of its members, Lewis and Tolkien maintained their mutually supportive bonds. Reflecting decades later on the connection between the two societies, Tolkien said, "although our habit was to read aloud compositions of various kinds (and lengths!), this association and its habit would in fact have come into being at that time, whether the original short-lived club had ever existed or not."

    Although occasional visitors were invited to attend meetings of the Inklings, the core membership remained stable. In addition to C.S Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien, longterm members included Lewis' brother Warren, Charles Williams and Owen Barfield. Other regular members included Robert Havard, Lewis' physician, and Adam Fox, a poet and priest. In 1940, as Warnie headed toward the conflict of the Second World War, Lewis wrote to his brother, "the Inklings is now really very well provided, with Fox as chaplain, you as army, Barfield as lawyer, Havard as doctor--almost all the estates!" Colin Hardie, Ronald McCallum, George Sayer, Courtenay Stevens, Christopher Tolkien, John Wain, and Charles Wrenn were other regular members of the fellowship. Despite some confusion on the subject, although she was an anointed writer and a close friend of Lewis, Dorothy Sayers was never a member of the Inklings. In fact, Lewis wrote, "Dorothy Sayers, so far as I know, was not even acquainted with any of us except Charles Williams and me... I liked her, originally, because she liked me; later for the extraordinary zest and edge of her conversation... Needless to say, she never met our own club, and probably never knew of its existence."

    Lewis was extremely appreciative of the friendship of his fellow Inklings, saying "what I owe to them is incalculable." I'm sure I speak for not only myself when I declare that what we owe to the Inklings is likewise beyond measure.
    (taken from http://www.scriptorum.org/l/inklings01.html)

    One of the other inklings that comes to mind was George MacDonald ... see http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0802860613/qid=1015511643/sr=2-1/ ref=sr_2_1/002-4870087-1440007

    There is tons of information on Lewis here on the web. He has inspired so many people .... its breath taking.

    One good site is : http://cslewis.drzeus.net/ (Into the Wardrobe)

    I am desperately looking for a quote out of his book "The Great Divorce" as soon as I find it, I'll share it here. :book:

    [This message has been edited by Mathetais (edited March 07, 2002).]
     
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