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Women Among the Inklings Gender, C. S. Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkien, and Charles Williams
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Candice Fredrick, Sam McBride
Book Code: GM1245
ISBN: 0-313-31245-1
ISBN-13: 978-0-313-31245-8
224 pages
Greenwood Press
Publication: 8/30/2001
List Price: $106.95 (UK Sterling Price: £59.95)
Availability: Out of Stock Indefinitely
Media Type: Hardcover
Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4
Subjects:
Series Title: Contributions in Women's Studies
Series Number: 191
Reviews:
  • ...the only full treatment of the topic. Highly recommended for libraries supporting studies of the Inklings; also useful in extensive feminist studies collections and for public libraries looking for something lively on Tolkien.
    —Choice     March 2002
  • ...the book is well-researched and the Notes and Selected Bibliography are extensive and impressive.
    —Science Fiction Studies     2002
  • This literary study is provacative in the best sense: it's deeply researched, well-written, thinks its arguments all the way through, and unashamedly tackles its difficult subject: the attitudes of the three principal Inklings towards women, in their lives and in both deliberate and casual references in their writings....This is an honest and insightful book that should cause all Inklings readers to think hard about the authors, and criticism has no higher value.
    —Mythprint     June 2002
Description: The Oxford group of writers known as the Inklings met and thrived during the 1930s and 1940s. Three of the members, C. S. Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkien, and Charles Williams, became known as authors and cultural figures, recognized for interweaving Christian themes into fantasy fiction. Other members of the group doubtlessly influenced these works through their comments and discussion, and the published ideas of Williams, Lewis, and Tolkien were probably first discussed within this circle. Every member of the Inklings was male, the group consciously excluded women, and it was formed to promote male companionship. This book examines the attitude of the Inklings toward women and thus, sheds new light on the lives and works of Lewis, Tolkien, and Williams. The book examines the male culture of the Inklings and the relation of the literary group to the larger Oxford community. It also looks at women in the lives of Williams, Tolkien, and Lewis. While Williams and Tolkien apparently thought of women as mythic icons, Lewis began to question some of the group's assumptions after his marriage. When considering the representation of women in fiction by the Inklings, the volume gives special attention to issues of gender and theology.
Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • Introduction
  • The Inklings as Male Culture
  • Women as Mythic Icons: Williams and Tolkien
  • Women as Presence and Absence: The Lewis Brothers
  • Against Insubordination: Women in Inklings Fiction
  • Mere Feminism: Gender, Reading, and the Inklings
  • Selected Bibliography
  • Index
LC Card Number: 2001023322
LCC Class: PR478
Dewey Class: 820
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