This sparkling collection of essays has arisen out of a desire to understand and also to take forward the writings, vision and concerns of the Inklings. It includes several scholars who have inspired many, and whose insights are taken up by others in some of the essays. The contributions focus a great deal on C. S. Lewis, but also on Owen Barfield and J. R. R. Tolkien.
They furthermore pull in the intellectual milieu - literary and theological and more - of the Inklings, including its ancestry in the likes of G. K. Chesterton as well as George MacDonald, the Romantic tradition, and the Bible, including the Book of Revelation. As well as opening up new ways of seeing, the collection points to rich areas for further exploration.- Colin Duriez, author of Tolkien and C. S. Lewis: The Gift of Friendship, The Inklings Handbook, The C. S.
Lewis Chronicles, and J. R. R. Tolkien: The Making of a Legend[The] editors . have done Inklings students everywhere a demonstrable favor by bringing together the fifteen artfully nuanced, richly researched essays that comprise C. S. Lewis and the Inklings: Discovering Hidden Truth. This is a delightfully diverse anthology featuring both veteran Inklings scholars like Diana Glyer and Michael Ward at their best, as well as new voices who offer new and inspiring insights into these beloved authors and their works.
- Dr Bruce L. Edwards, editor of C. S. Lewis: Life, Works, LegacyI believe this collection of essays will be interesting to both scholars and general readers of the Inklings. The themes of hiddenness and discovery invite readers to look anew at familiar works by C. S. Lewis, G. K.
Chesterton, and J. R. R. Tolkien, including the Chronicles of Narnia, The Man Who Was Thursday, and The Hobbit. Moreover, by organizing the essays around the five areas of literary and divine hiddenness, relationships, literary craft, philosophical issues, and literary influences, the editors ensure that readers will have a rich selection of cutting-edge scholarship from which to draw. Including essays by notable Inkling scholars Michael Ward, Diana Glyer, David Neuhouser, Donald Williams, Joe R. Christopher, as well as the editors themselves, adds to the scholarly appeal of the manuscript.- Don W.
King, PhD, Professor of English; editor of Christian Scholar's Review.