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Humphrey Carpenter - Inklings, Häftad

Häftad, Engelska, 2006

Inklings

C. S. Lewis, J. R. R. Tolkien, Charles Williams and Their Friends

Av Humphrey Carpenter

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Beskrivning
Critically acclaimed, award-winning biography of CS Lewis, JRR Tolkien and the brilliant group of writers to come out of Oxford during the Second World War.C.S. Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkien and their friends were a regular feature of the Oxford scenery in the years during and after the Second World War. They drank beer on Tuesdays at the ‘Bird and Baby’, and on Thursday nights they met in Lewis’ Magdalen College rooms to read aloud from the books they were writing; jokingly they called themselves ‘The Inklings’.C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien first introduced The Screwtape Letters and The Lord of the Rings to an audience in this company and Charles Williams, poet and writer of supernatural thrillers, was another prominent member of the group.Humphrey Carpenter, who wrote the acclaimed biography of J.R.R. Tolkien, draws upon unpublished letters and diaries, to which he was given special access, in this engrossing story.
Produktinformation
  • Utgivningsdatum: 2006-01-02
  • Mått: 130 x 198 x 20 mm
  • Vikt: 220 g
  • Format: Häftad
  • Språk: Engelska
  • Antal sidor: 384
  • Förlag: HarperCollins Publishers
  • ISBN: 9780007748693
  • Miljömärkning: Produced using independently certified paper to ensure responsible forestry management. (Certification is by FSC, PEFC or SFI.) Produced in the UK using 100% renewable electricity.
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Humphrey Carpenter was born in Oxford in 1946 and has spent most of his life in that city. He read English Language and Literature at Keble College, Oxford, and met Professor J.R.R. Tolkien on a number of occasions. For some years he worked for the BBC as a radio producer and broadcaster and has won acclaim as a top biographer, including the recent and controversial biography of Robert Runcie.

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‘A constantly enjoyable volume’ John Carey, Sunday Times

Betyg & recensioner

1 recensioner, genomsnitt 5/5

  1. 5/5 JJ

    Mycket intressant bok om några stora 1900-talsförfattare. Fokus ligger på Lewis, eftersom det var han som höll ihop gruppen. Innehåller gott om citat och korta små utdrag från verk och brev, stundtals ganska rörande. Boken ger även en inblick i de akademiska strömningar som rörde sig vid universitetet under denna tidsperiod. Mot slutet av läsningen fick jag känslan av att författaren började ägna sig något mer åt litteraturkritik, men detta var inte till en sådan grad att det påverkar mitt betyg.

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