J R R Tolkien And Cs Lewis

Houghton mifflin 2001 no 7 p 13 from 1911 1913 taking second class in the summer of 1913 he then switched schools from classics to english and obtained a first in 1915 his.

J r r tolkien and cs lewis. Tolkien were close friends and fellow christians. He became around this time in his w. In 1936 lewis and his friend j r r. Yet tolkien spearheading lewis conversion from staunch atheist to one of the world s most famous christian writers and speakers should serve as inspiration for the deep impact friendships can have on our lives.

Maybe it all comes from some grim stereotype of smart people or college professors or maybe published writers. I thought it was obvious on first reading that lewis was writing faith based fiction with so many parallels between aslan and christ. Tolkien were close friends who had a great deal in common. I first read the chronicles of narnia the hobbit and the lord of the rings as a teenager not realizing at the time that c.

Lewis conversion to anglicanism and his subsequent popularity as an everyman s theologian in tolkien s words did bridle the devoutly catholic tolkien. Lewis space trilogy out of the silent planet perelandra and that hideous strength began with the latter. Many fans are aware that c s. Tolkien helped return lewis to the christianity of his youth whereas lewis encouraged tolkien to expand his fictional writing.

September 19 1931 the date of the famed night talk between c. Both taught at oxford and were members of the same literary group both were interested in literature myth and language and both wrote fictional books which. In the 20th century two british authors j r r. Tolkien had not yet published what would become their most famous works.

Lewis dominated the world s imagination with their original works which have been translated into more than 39 languages. He read honour moderations specializing in greek philology see the letters of j r r. A legendary friendship a new book reveals how these two famous friends conspired to bring myth and legend and truth to modern readers. Tolkien was an undergraduate at exeter college from autumn 1911 1915.

Lewis and tolkien first met in 1926 at a merton college english faculty meeting. Humphrey carpenter new york. Lewis was an irritable introvert isolated and lonely and scared to death of girls. Tolkien and the inklings there s a rumor going around that c.