{"product_id":"charles-williams-the-third-inkling-hardcover","title":"Charles Williams: The Third Inkling - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eGrevel Lindop\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is the first full biography of Charles Williams (1886-1945), an extraordinary and controversial figure who was a central member of the Inklings--the group of Oxford writers that included C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien. Charles Williams--novelist, poet, theologian, magician and guru--was the strangest, most multi-talented, and most controversial member of the group. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHe was a pioneering fantasy writer, who still has a cult following. C.S. Lewis thought his poems on King Arthur and the Holy Grail were among the best poetry of the twentieth century for 'the soaring and gorgeous novelty of their technique, and their profound wisdom'. But Williams was full of contradictions. An influential theologian, Williams was also deeply involved in the occult, experimenting extensively with magic, practising erotically-tinged rituals, and acquiring a following of devoted disciples. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMembership of the Inklings, whom he joined at the outbreak of the Second World War, was only the final phase in a remarkable career. From a poor background in working-class London, Charles Williams rose to become an influential publisher, a successful dramatist, and an innovative literary critic. His friends and admirers included T.S. Eliot, W.H. Auden, Dylan Thomas, and the young Philip Larkin. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA charismatic personality, he held left-wing political views, and believed that the Christian churches had dangerously undervalued sexuality. To redress the balance, he developed a 'Romantic Theology', aiming at an approach to God through sexual love. He became the most admired lecturer in wartime Oxford, influencing a generation of young writers before dying suddenly at the height of his powers. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis biography draws on a wealth of documents, letters and private papers, many never before opened to researchers, and on more than twenty interviews with people who knew Williams. It vividly recreates the bizarre and dramatic life of this strange, uneasy genius, of whom Eliot wrote, 'For him there was no frontier between the material and the spiritual world.'\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eGrevel Lindop, \u003cem\u003eFreelance writer, \u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eGrevel Lindop was formerly Professor of Romantic and Early Victorian Studies at the University of Manchester. His previous books include \u003cem\u003eThe Opium-Eater: A Life of Thomas De Quincey; A Literary Guide to the Lake District; Travels on the Dance Floor\u003c\/em\u003e, which was a BBC Radio 4 Book of the Week; and a twenty-one volume edition of \u003cem\u003eThe Works of Thomas De Quincey\u003c\/em\u003e. He has published six collections of poems, and his \u003cem\u003eSelected Poems\u003c\/em\u003e appeared in 2000. He lives in Manchester, where he now works as a freelance writer\u003cbr\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 532\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.9 x 9.3 x 6.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 29, 2015\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52469168013619,"sku":"9780199284153","price":46.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/KxrE_jbqx_9780199284153.webp?v=1759384383","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/charles-williams-the-third-inkling-hardcover","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}