What literary group did C.S. Lewis help establish at Oxford with J.R.R. Tolkien?

C.S. Lewis helped establish the Oxford literary group known as the Inklings with J.R.R. Tolkien.

The Inklings were an informal discussion and reading group associated with Oxford University. Members shared works in progress, discussed literature, and debated ideas about Christianity, mythology, and storytelling. Lewis and Tolkien were among its best-known participants.

The group met regularly during the 1930s and 1940s, often at Oxford’s Eagle and Child pub, which members nicknamed the Bird and Baby. Meetings also took place in Lewis’s rooms at Magdalen College and at other locations.

The Inklings were not a formal society with a fixed membership list or published manifesto. Their importance comes from the creative exchange among writers including Lewis, Tolkien, Charles Williams, and Owen Barfield. Their conversations helped shape several major works of twentieth-century fantasy and Christian literature.