Inklings
The Inklings (literally: " hunches ", " hints "; pun ink " ink ", therefore, freely translated: ink dauber ) was a literary discussion group christian embossed men, who in the 1930s at the University of Oxford to the lecturer and writer CS Lewis made . Although there was never a formal membership list, could besides Lewis JRR Tolkien, Charles Williams and Owen Barfield be regarded as the core of the circle belongs. For the wider area included about Dorothy L. Sayers, John Heath- Stubbs and John Wain.
Background
The discussions in the circle of " Inklings " turned on the one hand to the contemporary literature, on the other hand own works or designs were read in the evenings and discussed. This occurred because the members of the unanimous opinion was that there was too little of the what you really loved to read. So you decided remedy was to create and even to write stories.
The meeting of the " Inklings ," found mostly on a Thursday evening in the college premises of Lewis in Magdalen College. Many members also met (often Tuesday) known at a local pub called The Eagle and Child, internally under the name The Bird and the Baby. In Lewis' rooms often unfinished works of the members were introduced and then subjected to criticism, such as Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings (The Lord of the Rings ), Lewis ' Out of the Silent Planet ( Beyond the Silent Star ) or Williams' All Hallows 'Eve.
Originally had planned a small contest, in which they auslosten the main topics for their stories Tolkien and Lewis. Tolkien said:
" Lewis said to me one day :" Toller [ Tolkien's nickname within the Inklings ], stories of how we really like, there are too few. I'm afraid we need to try it myself and a few write. " We agreed that he did with " " should try and I with " Space Travel Time Travel. " His result is known. My attempt was after a few promising chapters in the sand: It was a long detour to what I really wanted to write a new version of the Atlantis legend. The final scene has been preserved as "The Downfall of Númenor ". "
The circle broke up at the beginning of the fifties on, due in part by the death of Williams in 1945.
Known members
- Owen Barfield (1898-1997) British philosopher, linguist, lawyer and writer.
- Jack Arthur Walter Bennett (1911-1981) British literary scholar, philologist and professor of English.
- Lord David Cecil (1902-1986) British university teacher and writer.
- Nevill Coghill (1899-1980) Irish- British literary scholar, writer and director.
- HVD " Hugo" Dyson (1896-1975) British literary scholar and professor.
- Adam Fox (1883-1977) British dean and professor.
- Colin Hardie (1906-1998) British classical scholar and professor.
- Robert E. Havard (1901-1985) British physician and medical scientist.
- CS Lewis (1898-1963) Irish writer, literary critic and professor.
- WH Lewis (1895-1973) Irish historian, older brother of CS Lewis.
- Gervase Mathew (1905-1976) British Dominicans, illustrator and writer.
- Ronald Buchanan McCallum (1898-1973) British historian and professor.
- CE Stevens (1905-1976) British lecturer in historical literature.
- Christopher Tolkien (* 1924) British medievalist and professor, son of JRR Tolkien.
- JRR Tolkien (1892-1973) British writer and philologist.
- Charles Williams (1886-1945) British writer and mystic
- Charles Leslie Wrenn (1895-1969) British professor.
Literary work-up
The Inklings Society of Literature and Aesthetics was founded in 1982 in Aachen and deals mainly with the literary heritage of the Inklings. Was the founding chairman of the Aachen author and literary scholar Gisbert Kranz, President Raimund core. The Society organizes conferences and published regularly since 1983, an eponymous yearbook, which is published by the Erlanger Tolkien specialist Dieter Petzold since 1993: Inklings - Yearbook of literature and aesthetics; the left and on the title screen logo contains an inkwell with pen and two ink blots.