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Discussing the obscure Oxford book club

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NoumenoN to Steve Hayes

Re: W.H. Auden and the Inklings

23 Nov 13 10:36:24

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   From: noumenon@gmx.co.uk   
      
   Steve Hayes wrote:   
      
   > W.H. Auden, one of Charles Williams greatest admirers, reportedly re-read   
   > Williams’s extraordinary and highly unconventional history of the church,   
   > Descent of the Dove (1939), every year.   
      
      
   Interesting.   
      
   Considering that Tolkien & Williams didn't really like writings of each   
   other, and their work is indeed so different(!), it's not easy to find   
   someone who is sincerely _admiring_ one, while being _fascinated_ by the   
   other...   
      
      
   -= NoumenoN =-   
      
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