The Inklings and Friends
Oxford, C.S.Lewis, J.R.R.Tolkien and Friends
Understanding Eliot
Welcome to the third installment of the Lockdown T.S.Eliot Book Club! I'm sorry these posts have not been as frequent as I had hoped, but my life, like all of ours, has been turned [...]
Eliot’s Early Years Part Two
Thanks to the good number of readers who have joined our Lockdown T.S.Eliot Book Club! I hope you have begun to get into the head and heart of this most fascinating and (as we [...]
Eliot’s Early Years
Welcome Book Club Members! Did you do your homework? You were supposed to get started by reading four of Eliot's early poems: Aunt Helen, The Boston Evening Transcript, Morning at the Windows and Preludes. [...]
The Mysterious Presence of Tom Bombadil
One of the mysteries of Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings is the character of Tom Bombadil. Who is this odd hill leaping, silly song singing, farmer in the dell? Is this cavorting yellow booted [...]
A Chestertonian Riddle
The riddles of God are more satisfying than the solutions of man. G.K.Chesterton My friend Steven entertains and mystifies me because he is at once a devout Catholic and a devout doubter. He has [...]
Lewis and Eliot – Reluctant Allies
At first glance the lives of T.S.Eliot and C.S.Lewis could not have been more different. Eliot was the midwestern son of New England blue bloods. To the Harvard manor born, he was in many [...]