Which group of Oxford writers did C.S. Lewis help form?

C.S. Lewis helped form The Inklings, an informal Oxford literary discussion group.

The Inklings met mainly during the 1930s and 1940s in Oxford. Lewis was one of its central members, and the group included writers such as J.R.R. Tolkien, Charles Williams, Owen Barfield, and Warren Lewis. Members read drafts aloud and discussed literature, mythology, religion, and storytelling.

The group was not a formal society with a fixed constitution or membership list. Its name came from an earlier student club at Oxford, but the literary circle became associated especially with Lewis and Tolkien. Meetings took place in locations including Lewis’s rooms at Magdalen College and the Eagle and Child pub.

The Inklings are often linked exclusively with fantasy, yet their conversations covered poetry, theology, history, and literary criticism as well. Their influence is best understood as a network of friendship and mutual criticism rather than an official literary movement.