‘Never trust a philologist’: C.S. Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkien, and the place of philology in English Studies

This article brings to light seven poems by C.S. Lewis that have never been published before. These poems, composed during the 1920s, form part of a lengthy campaign against the study of philology at Oxford, and specifically against its most eminent exponent, H.C. Wyld. Drawing on entries in his dia...

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Main Author: Horobin, S
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: Oxford University Press 2024