THE INKLING TRADITION: RECOMMENDED READING LIST FOR BEGINNERS

THE INKLING TRADITION: RECOMMENDED READING LIST  FOR BEGINNERS

For those interested in learning more in-depth about the Inkling tradition of fantasy, here is a list of some resources that might be very useful.

BOOKS ON THE INKLINGS:

- The Philosophy of Tolkien by Peter Kreeft 

- The Flame Imperishable by Johnathan McIntosh

- The Fellowship: The Literary Lives of the Inklings by Philip and Carol Zaleski

- The Inklings by Humphrey Carpenter

- Bandersnatch by Diana Palvac Glyer

- J. R. R. Tolkien’s Sanctifying Myth by Bradley Birzer

WORKS BY THE INKLINGS (THEORY):

- Mythopoeia (Tolkien)

- On Fairy Stories (Tolkien)

- On Stories (Lewis)

- Of Other Worlds (Lewis)

- The Discarded Image (Lewis)

- Poetic Diction (Barfield)

- Romanticism Comes of Age (Barfield)

FICTION BY THE INKLINGS:

- The Lord of the Rings (Tolkien)

- The Hobbit (Tolkien)

- The Silmarillion (Tolkien)

- Leaf by Niggle (Tolkien)

- The Chronicles of Narnia (Lewis

- Space Trilogy (Lewis)

- Seven Occult novels (Williams) *

* They're War in Heaven, Many Dimensions, The Place of the Lion, The Greater Trumps, Shadows of Ecstasy, Descent into Hell, All Hallows' Eve