The Company They Keep: C.S. Lewis And J.R.R. Tolkien As Writers in Community - Couverture rigide

Glyer, Diana Pavlac

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0873388909 ISBN 13 : 9780873388900

Editeur : Kent State University Press, 2007

Synopsis

The creators of "Narnia" and "Middle-earth", C. S. Lewis and J. R. R. Tolkien were close friends and professional colleagues. They met frequently with a community of fellow writers at Oxford in the 1930s and 1940s, all sharing their works-in-progress. The group became known as the Inklings. This important study challenges the standard interpretation that Lewis, Tolkien, Charles Williams, Owen Barfield, and the other Inklings had little influence on one another's work, drawing on the latest research in composition studies and the sociology of the creative process. Diana Glyer invites readers into the heart of the group, examining diary entries and personal letters and carefully comparing the rough drafts of their manuscripts with their final, published work. Her analysis not only demonstrates the high level of mutual influence that characterized this writers group but also provides a lively and compelling picture of how writers and other creative artists challenge, correct, and encourage one another as they work together in community.

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À propos de l'auteur

Diana Pavlac Glyer is professor of English at Azusa Pacific University. She received her Ph.D. from the University of Illinois at Chicago and now lives in California.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Kent State University Press
• Date d'édition: 2007
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0873388909
• ISBN 13: 9780873388900
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 288
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• Personne responsable: non disponible