HOW THE INKLINGS WRITER'S GROUP CAME TO EXISTENCE?


 In the inklings informal group of writers included C.S Lewis and JRR Tolkien writer Lord of the rings and university collogues that met in Oxford, Oxford shire, England in the 1930's and 40's. There were no rules, officers and agendas or formal elections, The inklings got it's name from a student literary club at oxford university when it ceased.

The group met at a pub commonly known as "Bird and baby" where  they read aloud from their books and poems that were a work in progress, Lewis read  his works like Problem of pain, Out of the silent planet and The great divorce and miracles. Tolkien read chapters from his novel Lord of the rings,

Members responded with vigorous critiques and suggestions. They were no mutual admiration society, praise for good work was unstinted but censure for bad work or not so good work was often brutally frank, 


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