Who are the Inklings?
ZAFEIRIADIS TASOS
members of the Inklings are JRR Tolkien and CS Lewis.
Who else?
What were they?
What have they done?
Thanx in advance...
James Porter
ZAFEIRIADIS TASOS wrote in message <87trh9$lcs$1...@orionl0.ccf.auth.gr>...
regularly in Oxford during the 30s and 40s. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis were the
most famous members, but Lewis's brother Warnie and Owen Barfield were also
regulars. Charles Williams joined during WWII when he was transferred to
Oxford. The group met originally to translate outloud the ancient Icelandic
saga, the Edda. Later, they read their works in progress to each other,
including LOTR. They sometimes met in the Eagle and the Child on St. Giles
in Oxford or in one their college rooms. Christianity also played a part in
their gatherings.
Humphrey Carpenter has written an excellent study of the group called The
Inklings.
Michael Martinez
>The Inklings were a group of Oxford dons and some other friends who met
>regularly in Oxford during the 30s and 40s. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis were the
>most famous members, but Lewis's brother Warnie and Owen Barfield were also
>regulars. Charles Williams joined during WWII when he was transferred to
So far so good.
>...The group met originally to translate outloud the ancient Icelandic
>saga, the Edda...
Nope. That was the Coalbiters.
>...Later, they read their works in progress to each other,
>including LOTR. They sometimes met in the Eagle and the Child on St. Giles
>in Oxford or in one their college rooms. Christianity also played a part in
>their gatherings.
It did? What, were they a secret society trying to revive the Knights
Templars? :)
>Humphrey Carpenter has written an excellent study of the group called The
>Inklings.
The best online summary I've found of who the Inklings were and their history
is located at:
http://www.uta.fi/~hijuhe/inklings.html
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Öjevind Lång
>ZAFEIRIADIS TASOS wrote in message...
>>I've read about the inklings at some posts.If I understood well
>>members of the Inklings are JRR Tolkien and CS Lewis.
>>Who else?
>>What were they?
>>What have they done?
>>
>>Thanx in advance...
>>
>>
>>The Inklings were a group of Oxford dons and some other friends who met
>regularly in Oxford during the 30s and 40s. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis were the
>most famous members, but Lewis's brother Warnie and Owen Barfield were also
>regulars. Charles Williams joined during WWII when he was transferred to
>Oxford. The group met originally to translate outloud the ancient
Icelandic
>saga, the Edda. Later, they read their works in progress to each other,
>including LOTR. They sometimes met in the Eagle and the Child on St. Giles
>in Oxford or in one their college rooms. Christianity also played a part
in
>their gatherings.
You forgot Hugo Dyson, a doctor who was also a regular member of the goup.
There were other, more temporary visitors, among them Dorothy L. Sayers.
Öjevind
SMGCFAM
I believe Hugo was also an English scholar who taught at the University of
Reading for a while but I may be wrong. He did a series of BBC lectures on
Shakespeare and appeared in The Darling with Julie Christie. He was severly
wounded in WWI, walked with a limp and used to introduce himself with something
like "I'm Hugo Dyson, I'm a bore". He also took part in the night stroll with
JRRT and CSL which led to Lewis' conversion. I think the above is mentioned by
Humphrey Carpenter. There was an M.D. but I forget his name. Christopher
Tolkien also attended some meetings I believe. There was a John Wain who might
have published but I know little about him. I suppose one should also mention
Neville Coghill who translated Chaucer (for Penguin) and wrote at least one
criticism of Chaucer that I know of. Was he an Inkling irregularly? I'm not
sure, but I think he was a Coalbiter and was friendly with CSL.
Öjevind Lång
[snip]
>Humphrey Carpenter. There was an M.D. but I forget his name.
So do I, and I can't access the book since I am moving house. However, i do
remember that his nickname among the Inklings was U. Q., for "Useless
Quack".
Christopher
>Tolkien also attended some meetings I believe. There was a John Wain who
might
>have published but I know little about him.
John Wain is a quite well-known novelist. He was one of the Angry Young Men
in the fifties, though like the others he became very conservative as he
grew older.
Öjevind
Tribimat
"Öjevind Lång" <ojevin...@swipnet.se> wrote:
> SMGCFAM hath written:
>
> [snip]
> >Humphrey Carpenter. There was an M.D. but I forget his name.
>
> So do I, and I can't access the book since I am moving house. However,
> "Useless Quack".
That would be R. E. 'Humphrey' Havard (aka The Red Admiral etc. etc. --
the man acquired nicknames the way I collect titles!)
> > Christopher Tolkien also attended some meetings I believe. There
> > was a John Wain who might have published but I know little about
> > him.
>
> John Wain is a quite well-known novelist. He was one of the Angry
> Young Men in the fifties, though like the others he became very
> conservative as he grew older.
Dare I mention True Grit? :)
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