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- proper noun The literary group centered around English writer C.S. Lewis and his associates, particularly J.R.R. Tolkien and Charles Williams.
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Examples
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But I'm reminded of Dorothy Sayers (1893-1957) one of the famous "Inklings" - the group of writers at Oxford that included C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien.
Phil Cooke and The Change Revolution - The Intersection of Media, Faith, and Change 2009
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Williams was a friend and contemporary of Tolkien and C.S. Lewis – and when his work took him to Oxford during the Second World War, he promptly became the third great central figure in the informal literary group known as the Inklings ….
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Abraham: do you also have a small pack of fellow writers called The Inklings?
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Yes Tolkien and Lewis were very good friends they both served in WWI as well as on a group called the Inklings, a Oxford writing group.
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As part of the circle known as the Inklings, which consisted of writers and intellectuals, and included J.R.R. Tolkien, Charles Williams, and others, he developed and honed his skills and continued to put out extensive writings.
Narnia Fans 2009
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As part of the circle known as the Inklings, which consisted of writers and intellectuals, and included J.R.R. Tolkien, Charles Williams, and others, he developed and honed his skills and continued to put out extensive writings.
Narnia Fans 2009
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Yes Tolkien and Lewis were very good friends they both served in WWI as well as on a group called the Inklings, a Oxford writing group.
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Yes Tolkien and Lewis were very good friends they both served in WWI as well as on a group called the Inklings, a Oxford writing group.
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As part of the circle known as the Inklings, which consisted of writers and intellectuals, and included J.R.R. Tolkien, Charles Williams, and others, he developed and honed his skills and continued to put out extensive writings.
Narnia Fans 2009
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The majority of the 'Inklings' deal with the romantic adventures of a young literary man who wins the affection of high-born ladies, and is made much of in aristrocratic circles.
Little Memoirs of the Nineteenth Century George Paston
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