The Company They Keep: C. S. Lewis and J. R. R. Tolkien as Writers in Community

diana pavlac glyer

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.

Genres nonfictionbiographyhistorywritingliterary criticismbiography memoirliteratureliterary fictionreferencebooks about books

293 pages, Hardcover

First published March 1,2006

Literary awards

hugo award, mythopoeic scholarship award,

This edition

Format: 293 pages, Hardcover
Published: March 1, 2007 by Kent State Univ Pr
ISBN: 9780873388900
ASIN: 0873388909
Language: English

About the author

diana pavlac glyer

Diana Pavlac Glyer thinks that studying faded pencil marks on dusty manuscripts is more fun than going to Disneyland. That's why she has spent more than 40 years combing through archives and lurking in libraries. She is a leading expert on C.S. Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkien, and the Inklings. Her book "The Company They Keep" changed the way we talk about these writers. Read more of her work on the Inklings in "BANDERSNATCH: C.S. Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkien, and the Creative Collaboration of the Inklings." Bandersnatch is practical and really inspiring. Her scholarship, her teaching, and her work as an artist all circle back to one common theme: creativity thrives in community.