Agree Littleman - we have to be careful about applying modern (and perhaps American) conceptions to the particularly English (and academic) culture in which Tolkien and Lewis interacted. Thanks also for your very interesting contextual notes ... I don't know the answer myself, but is it really the case that their friendship cooled 'purely' because of Tolkien's feelings about The Narnia Chronicles? This suggests either a certain rivalry of some kind, or some other subtext. What do you think?
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