I’m pleased to remind readers of A Pilgrim in Narnia of Becka’s great blog. And what a great time! She is pumping Diana Pavlac Glyer’s new book, Bandersnatch–a must read for Inklings lovers in 2016.
Multitudes of readers and movie-goers are familiar with the names and writings of C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien. Many are also aware that the two literary giants were part of a ‘club’ called The Inklings, though they may not know anything about the group. Fewer realize that there were well over a dozen more Inklings, although some have heard of Christopher Tolkien, Charles Williams, and Owen Barfield. Hardly anyone can name all nineteen, and perhaps nobody has read every single thing ever published by every single one of them – except Dr. Diana Glyer.
From the treasure houses of knowledge accumulated over twenty-plus years of meticulous research, Dr. Glyer presents in Bandersnatch a well-balanced blend of trustworthy factual information and thoughtful insight regarding the individuals who were the Inklings, their personal interactions with one another, and both the public and private workings of the group as a corporate body.
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I very much enjoyed reading “The Company They Keep” by her.
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Me too.
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E.g. pp 141-144 on the the funny, allegorical/satirical correspondence between the two (fictive) law offices Barfield & Barfield (Barfield) and Messrs Blaise & Merlin (CS Lewis) called “Mark vs Tristram”, in response to an article of Lewis on the 1934 discovery of two 15th century manuscripts of Malory’s romances, and the ensuing discussions on the discrepancy between the virtues of the noble knight as portrayed in the romances and the apparent major crimes committed by Malory, besmirching his chivalrous reputation – Malory even seemed to have written the romances in prison. I wonder if this is also mentioned in the Balderdash.
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