The Inklings: C.S.Lewis, J.R.R.Tolkien, Charles Williams and Their Friends - Brossura

Carpenter, Humphrey

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ISBN 10: 0261103474 ISBN 13: 9780261103474

Casa editrice: HarperCollins, 1997

Riassunto

C.S. Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkien and their friends were a regular feature of the Oxford scenery in the years during and after World War II. They drank beer on Tuesdays in the "Bird and Baby" and on Thursday nights they met in Lewis's Magdalen College rooms to read aloud from the books they were writing: jokingly they called themselves "The Inklings". C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien first introduced "The Screwtape Letters" and "The Lord of the Rings" to an audience in this company. This biography draws upon unpublished letters and diaries to tell their story.

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L'autore

Humphrey Carpenter was born in Oxford in 1946 and has spent most of his life in that city. He read English Language and Literature at Keble College, Oxford, and met Professor J.R.R. Tolkien on a number of occasions. For some years he worked for the BBC as a radio producer and broadcaster and has won acclaim as a top biographer, including the recent and controversial biography of Robert Runcie.

Dalla quarta di copertina

C.S. Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkien and their friends were a regular feature of the Oxford scenery in the years during and after the Second World War. They drank beer on Tuesdays at the Bird and Baby, and on Thursday nights they met in Lewiss Magdalen College rooms to read aloud from the books they were writing; jokingly they called themselves 'The Inklings'. C.S.Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien first introduced 'The Screwtape Letters' and 'The Lord of the Rings 'to an audience in this company and Charles Williams, poet and writer of supernatural thrillers, was another prominent member of the group. Humphrey Carpenter, who wrote the acclaimed biography of J.R.R. Tolkien, draws upon unpublished letters and diaries, to which he was given special access, in his engrossing story.

A constantly enjoyable volume
JOHN CAREY, 'Sunday Times'

A triumph of skill and tact ... not one dull or slack sentence
KINGSLEY AMIS, 'New Statesman'

It must be technically very difficult to write a biography of more than one person at a time: it is still more difficult to capture the atmosphere of a group ... Mr Carpenter has managed both things admirably
MARY WARNOCK, 'Sunday Telegraph'

Dettagli dell?edizione

• Editore: HarperCollins
• Data di pubblicazione: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0261103474
• ISBN 13: 9780261103474
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Lingua: Inglese
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 304