Bandersnatch: C. S. Lewis, J. R. R. Tolkien, and the Creative Collaboration of the Inklings

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Bandersnatch: C. S. Lewis, J. R. R. Tolkien, and the Creative Collaboration of the Inklings

By Diana Glyer and James A. Owen

John Wiley and Sons, Inc., 2017/Black Squirrel Books, 2015, 224 Pages

Amazon Link: https://amzn.to/3L1vuS7

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The Inklings were a group of authors who met and critiqued each others work. J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis were among their members. In this book, Glyer and Owen dissect the writing, notes, and history behind this group to uncover how and why they produced some of the best literature of the 20^th century.

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