LETTERS TO MALCOLM AND THE TROUBLE WITH NARNIA: C.S. LEWIS, J .R.R. TOLKIEN, AND THEIR 1949 CRISIS.

Chronicles of Narnia book series; Tolkien, J. R. R. (John Ronald Reuel), 1892-1973; Lewis, C. S., 1898-1963; Authors; Litterateurs

This article investigates the cause of a 1949 incident wherein author J. R. R. Tolkien's disapproved of C. S. Lewis's novel "The Chronicles of Narnia." It discusses assumptions surrounding Tolkien's supposed annoyance at both Lewis's writing speed and the borrowing of his own mythopoeic ideas. It presents a chronological listing of Lewis's works and explores the difference between the two writers with reference to Lewis's last completed book "Letters to Malcolm." An overview of "Letters to Malcolm" is included.