The fellowship : the literary lives of the Inklings: J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Owen Barfield, Charles Williams / by Zaleski, Philip

Table of Contents: “…Prologue: Dabblers in ink -- "A star shines on the hour of our meeting" -- Heaven in a biscuit tin -- Advent lyrics -- Hard knocks and dreaming spires -- "Words have a soul" -- A mythology for England -- Wanted: an intelligible absolute -- A meeting of minds -- Inklings assemble -- Romantic theology -- Secondary worlds -- War, again -- Mere Christians -- Loss and gain -- Miracles -- "Making up is a very mysterious thing" -- The long-expected sequel -- The dialectic of desire -- Inklings first and last -- Epilogue: The recovered image.…”

Bedeviled : Lewis, Tolkien and the shadow of evil / by Duriez, Colin

Table of Contents: “…Lewis in wartime : the cosmic battle -- Devilry and the problem of hell : the screwtape letters -- Inklings in wartime : themes of spiritual conflict -- Images of the dark side : the Lord of the Rings -- Right and wrong as a clue to meaning : the problem of pain and mere Christianity -- Exploring what is wrong with the world : the cosmic trilogy -- The intersection of good and evil -- Progress and regress in the journey of life : the pilgrim's regress -- The divide between good and bad: Tolkien's leaf by Niggle and Lewis's the great divorce -- The power of change : the chronicles of Narnia -- Pain and love : the four loves, till we have faces and a grief observed -- Release from hell's snares : Lewis and the road out of the self to gain the self -- The way of goodness in the far country : Narnia and middle-earth.…”
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