The First Inkling: Edward Tangye Lean

This article gathers together previously little-known information about Edward Tangye Lean, the undergraduate who founded the original Oxford literary society which gave its name to the later and more famous Inklings. Drawing on research into archival and published sources, it explores the literary...

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Published in:Journal of Inklings studies (Online) 2016-10, Vol.6 (2), p.64-77
Main Author: Gilliver, Peter
Format: Article
Language:English
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Summary:This article gathers together previously little-known information about Edward Tangye Lean, the undergraduate who founded the original Oxford literary society which gave its name to the later and more famous Inklings. Drawing on research into archival and published sources, it explores the literary and other activities of Lean during his time as an undergraduate at University College, and the ways in which he would have interacted with the two members of the later Inklings who are known to have had contact with him, C. S. Lewis and J. R. R. Tolkien.
ISSN:2045-8797
2045-8800