Owen Barfield (1898-1997) had a larger influence on his friends C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien than often assumed. “The Great War,” their debates during their Oxford days about philosophy and meaning led Lewis to reconsider whether atheism worked, and he later became a Christian. Verlyn Flieger shows in her book Splintered Light some ways that … Continue reading Talking with Owen Barfield’s Grandson about the First and Last Inkling| G. Connor Salter
This week, The Journal of Inklings Studies published something very special to me. In summer 2023, I had discovered that William Lindsay Gresham published an article in The Baum Bugle exploring his marriage’s end and lessons he learned about hope from L. Frank Baum’s Oz books. I found out how to contact his estate and … Continue reading Interviews on William Lindsay Gresham: A Complete List (So Far)| G. Connor Salter