tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post317285308255989596..comments2024-03-28T17:44:11.289+00:00Comments on Bruce Charlton's Notions: What ended the close friendship between JRR Tolkien and C.S Lewis? Bruce Charltonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09615189090601688535noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-85969435027751618922012-08-21T11:37:01.389+01:002012-08-21T11:37:01.389+01:00@JH - I don't think jealousy had much to do wi...@JH - I don't think jealousy had much to do with it - although it is often given as a reason for Tolkiens coolness. <br /><br />I suspect this is projecting onto Tolkien what we imagine would have been our own feelings under the circumstances. To me it seems very obvious that Tolkien loathed fame/ celebrity and found it very disturbing. <br /><br />Of course, there is usually some mild kind of envy over anyone who is as productive as Lewis became from about 1936 - but given how famous Lewis became during WWII, and how much he was already publishing leading up to 1948, the timing is wrong to ascribe this as a major cause in the cooling of relationships.<br /><br />I find no sign of coolness up until early 1949 (a few arguments, but these were apparently swiftly repaired).<br /><br />Of coues, once they had fallen out, Tolkien's retrospective comments on his relation sith Lewis were affected by this fact - but this was re-writing history (as the later Tolkien rewrote history when he claimed from the late 1950s that Charles Williams had been Lewis's friend, but not Tolkien's friend)- these later comments cannot be regarded as accurate. Bruce Charltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09615189090601688535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-38451804974035432062012-08-21T09:55:04.446+01:002012-08-21T09:55:04.446+01:00Good old jealousy had much to do with it.Good old jealousy had much to do with it.James Highamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14525082702330365464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-54412480291120123692012-08-20T21:11:49.809+01:002012-08-20T21:11:49.809+01:00Or a job.Or a job.deariemenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-69332088853320306822012-08-20T21:10:59.492+01:002012-08-20T21:10:59.492+01:00At least they didn't fall out over a woman.At least they didn't fall out over a woman.deariemenoreply@blogger.com