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'''Arthur Owen Barfield''' ([[November | '''Arthur Owen Barfield''' ([[9 November]], [[1898]] – [[14 December]], [[1997]]) was a fellow [[Inklings|Inkling]] with [[J.R.R. Tolkien]]. He did not attend a great deal of the Inklings meetings due to living and working in London, a ways away from the [[Eagle and Child]]. Tolkien however was very fond of Barfield's works. | ||
==Bibliography, selected== | |||
===Foreword=== | |||
*'''[[1980]]''': [[SEVEN 1|''SEVEN'' 1]] | |||
*'''[[1990]]''': ''[[The Magical World of the Inklings]]'' | |||
===Articles=== | |||
*[[1947]]: ''[[Essays Presented to Charles Williams]]'', pp. 106-127 | |||
**"Poetic Diction and Legal Fiction" | |||
==Excerpt== | |||
“I met Tolkien but never had a long talk with him…I wish I had…We did not get to talk for several hours. He’s an important figure in the English literary world of our time. I don’t have any affinity with it – the mythical world. The real enthusiasts of the Tolkien society have more than enjoyed it they have made a kind of cult of it.” | |||
<ref name=>apittman.com, "[http://apittman.com/blog/west/physical-education/platonic-idealism Saving the final appearancea Visit with Owen Barfield a few months before his death]", 1997 (accessed 8 September 2014)</ref> | |||
==External links== | ==External links== | ||
* {{WP|Owen Barfield}} | * {{WP|Owen Barfield}} | ||
{{ | *[http://barfieldsociety.org/ The Owen Barfield Society] | ||
[[Category:Inklings | *[http://www.owenbarfield.org/ Owen Barfield website] | ||
[[Category:British people | *[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oedVDN1xOWM Owen Barfield - Man and Meaning documentary] | ||
[[Category:People by name | |||
{{references}} | |||
{{Inklings}} | |||
{{DEFAULTSORT:Barfield, Owen}} | |||
[[Category:Inklings]] | |||
[[Category:British people]] | |||
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Revision as of 14:45, 2 November 2014
Arthur Owen Barfield (9 November, 1898 – 14 December, 1997) was a fellow Inkling with J.R.R. Tolkien. He did not attend a great deal of the Inklings meetings due to living and working in London, a ways away from the Eagle and Child. Tolkien however was very fond of Barfield's works.
Bibliography, selected
Foreword
Articles
- 1947: Essays Presented to Charles Williams, pp. 106-127
- "Poetic Diction and Legal Fiction"
Excerpt
“I met Tolkien but never had a long talk with him…I wish I had…We did not get to talk for several hours. He’s an important figure in the English literary world of our time. I don’t have any affinity with it – the mythical world. The real enthusiasts of the Tolkien society have more than enjoyed it they have made a kind of cult of it.” [1]
External links
- Owen Barfield at Wikipedia
- The Owen Barfield Society
- Owen Barfield website
- Owen Barfield - Man and Meaning documentary
References
- ↑ apittman.com, "Saving the final appearancea Visit with Owen Barfield a few months before his death", 1997 (accessed 8 September 2014)
