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Another way Sørina promotes the arts is by encouraging the reading & study of works by the Oxford “Inklings.” The Inklings were [mostly] writers, professors, & Christians who met to talk, drink, & read works-in-progress during the privations of Britain’s interwar period & World War II. C. S. Lewis & J. R. R. Tolkien are the best-known of the group, but Charles Williams & Owen Barfield are enjoying a well-deserved increase of attention. The timeless themes & aesthetic pleasures of their fiction & poetry ensure that their books continue to sell well, generate movie adaptations, & inspire academic investigation & analysis.


Here is a video of Sørina Higgins giving an introductory lecture on the lives, works, and themes of the Inklings.


Sørina is Book, Film, & Theatre editor of Sehnsucht: The C. S. Lewis Journal. She welcomes information about new or forthcoming books, movies, &plays relating to the field of C. S. Lewis studies. She is also eager to hear from Lewis scholars  interested in writing reviews for the Journal.


Sørina is also engaged in a long-term study of Charles Williams' Arthurian poetry .


Here she offers resources, links, & thoughts about these writers.

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Here is David Bratman's complete list of all their published works.

Here are Sørina's recommendations for the “Top Ten” books by the Inklings.

Here are Sørina's recommendations for the “Top Ten” books about the Inklings.

"The Oxford Inklings: J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, & their Circle".pdf
Here is an introductory powerpoint for download as a .pdf; feel free to share it in any educational setting or other context where it might be helpful. An editable .ppt file is available upon request.

Below are abstracts for papers on Inklings-related topics. Some of these have been presented and/or published; some are still available; and some are works-in-progress or future ideas. Contact Sørina if you have any questions about these topics.

Telling the Whole History of Logres: Charles Williams’s Move Towards Narrative.pdf
Supernatural Synaesthesia: A Key to Charles Williams and the Meaning of Life.pdf
“Between Two Strange Hearts”: Spiritual Desolation in Hopkins & Williams.pdf
Grail Relics in the Mythos of Charles Williams and J.K. Rowling.pdf
Medieval Chronology, Geography, and Devotion in Williams' Arthuriad.pdf
Charles Williams’ "War in Heaven" as a Generic Case Study.pdf
Cosmic Longing in Lewis’s Dantean Universe.pdf
The Development of Lewis’s "Sehnsucht" in his Correspondence.pdf
Jones Very and the Paradoxes of Mystic Expression.pdf

Finally, here is a list Sørina is compiling of Inklings resources on the web. Corrections, suggestions, & additions are welcome.