num_pages: 293
description: C. S. Lewis and J. R. R. Tolkien were members of a writing group known as the Inklings, a group that also included novelist Charles Williams, historian Warren Lewis, and philosopher Owen Barfield. In this groundbreaking book, Diana Glyer invites readers into the heart of their meetings, showing how encouragement, criticism, and collaboration changed The Lord of the Rings, The Chronicles of Narnia, and dozens of other important works. While this book is a must for those who read Lewis or Tolkien, it will also appeal to those who are interested in the writing process, small-group interaction, the nature of creativity, and the various ways that artists challenge, correct, and encourage one another as they work together in community.
language: English
title: The Company They Keep: C. S. Lewis and J. R. R. Tolkien as Writers in Community
titlecomplete: The Company They Keep: C. S. Lewis and J. R. R. Tolkien as Writers in Community
genres: Religion, Biography, Writing, Literary Fiction, Literature, British Literature, Nonfiction, History, Literary Criticism, Biography Memoir
ratings_count: 268
awards: awardedAt: 1167638400000
name: Hugo Award
category: Best Related Book, awardedAt: 1199174400000
name: Mythopoeic Scholarship Award
category: Inklings Studies
publisher: Kent State Univ Pr