Addenda and Corrigenda

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p. 95, endnote 4: (Oral History Interview with R. E. Havard, conducted by Lyle W. Dorsett for the Marion E. Wade Center (26 July 1984), pages 19-20.
Problem: Extraneous Parenthesis
Correction: – Oral History Interview with R. E. Havard, conducted by Lyle W. Dorsett for the Marion E. Wade Center (26 July 1984), pages 19-20.

p. 112: Lewis said the word halting was "rubbish": "its echoes wove a halting spell" (325)
Problem: Awkward line spacing after colon
Correction: Lewis called halting "rubbish": "its echoes wove a halting spell" (325)

p. 120: But rather than writing it as a play, he spent the next year to trying to write it as a poem.
Problem: Extraneous word: “to”
Correction: But rather than writing it as a play, he spent the next year trying to write it as a poem.

p. 133, endnote 45: As was noted in chapter 4, he had a somewhat uneasy relationship with Williams…
Problem: Factual error: this section was edited out of chapter 4
Correction: Many scholars have noted that he had a somewhat uneasy relationship with Williams.

p. 149: “I shan’t be at the Festschrift dinner. I wear a catheter, live on a low protein diet, and go early to bed. I am if not a lean, at least a slippered pantaloon”
Observation: This quotation from C. S. Lewis is taken from The Inklings by Humphrey Carpenter. In volume 3 of Lewis’s Collected Letters, there is a comma after slippered.
Correction: none

p. 152: Though J. R. R. Tolkien sometimes found this trait annoying, he quickly learned that Christopher’s attention to detail could be used to advantage.
Problem: Awkward syntax
Correction: Christopher’s attention to detail could be used to his advantage.

p. 191: The concept of longing is a key part of Lewis's essay "The Weight of Glory," a key image in The Pilgrim's Regress," a key
theme … .
Problem: Extraneous quotation mark
Correction: The concept of longing is a key part of Lewis's essay "The Weight of Glory," a key image in The Pilgrim's Regress, a key theme … .

p. 203, endnote 26: Christopher speculates that Lewis may have "heard the verse from Tolkien and quoted it in some public situation—and it was thereafter repeated as by him" (Clerihew" 269).
Problem: Missing quotation mark
Correction: Christopher speculates that Lewis may have "heard the verse from Tolkien and quoted it in some public situation—and it was thereafter repeated as by him" ("Clerihew" 269).

p. 204, endnote 35: Another way the Inklings … Charles Williams … (a pamphlet in the New Foundations series ) … .
Problem: Extra space before end of parenthesis
Correction: Another way the Inklings … Charles Williams … (a pamphlet in the New Foundations series) … .

p. 211: Williams most collaborative work
Problem: Missing possessive apostrophe and s
Correction: Williams’s most collaborative work

p. 214: For the Inklings, this included … writing poems about each another…
Problem: Wrong word
Correction: For the Inklings, this included … writing poems about each other…

p. 226-27, endnote 5: Davidman reports, "We kicked a few ideas around till one came to life. Then we had another whiskey each and bounced it back and forth between us" (116).
Problem: Reference is incomplete
Correction: Davidman reports, "We kicked a few ideas around till one came to life. Then we had another whiskey each and bounced it back and forth between us" (qtd. in And God 116).

p. 227, endnote 15: Four of these poems (three in Old English and one in Gothic) have been reprinted with translations in appendix A of T.A. Shippey's The Road to Middle-Earth.
Problem: Capital Ed instead of lower case e
Correction: Four of these poems (three in Old English and one in Gothic) have been reprinted with translations in appendix A of T.A. Shippey's The Road to Middle-earth.

p. 252: _______. "C.S. Lewis and Historicism." Man's "Natural Powers": Essays for and about C.S. Lewis. Ed. Raymond P. Tripp Jr. [Denver]: Society for New Language Study, [1975]. 1-8.
Problem: Missing comma
Correction: _______. "C.S. Lewis and Historicism." Man's "Natural Powers": Essays for and about C.S. Lewis. Ed. Raymond P. Tripp, Jr. [Denver]: Society for New Language Study, [1975]. 1-8.

p. 253: _______. "Night Operation." Hunter and Kranidas, 130-72.
Problem: Estraneous comma
Correction: _______. "Night Operation." Hunter and Kranidas 130-72.

p. 257: _______. A Fish Dinner in Memison: Book 2, The Zimiamvian Trilogy. 1941. New York: Del Rey-Ballantine Books, 1978.
Problem: Colon should be a period
Correction: _______. A Fish Dinner in Memison. Book 2, The Zimiamvian Trilogy. 1941. New York: Del Rey-Ballantine Books, 1978.

p. 257: Dyson, H.V.D., and John Butt. Augustans and Romantics: 1689-1830. Introductions to English Literature 3. London: Cresset Press, 1961.
Problem: Original publication date missing
Correction: Dyson, H.V.D., and John Butt. Augustans and Romantics: 1689-1830. 1940. Introductions to English Literature 3. London: Cresset Press, 1961.

p. 258: Gibb, Jocelyn, ed. and Preface. Light on C.S. Lewis. Intro. Owen Barfield. 1965. New York: Harcourt, Brace and World, 1966. vi-viii
Problem: Period missing at end
Correction: Gibb, Jocelyn, ed. and Preface. Light on C.S. Lewis. Intro. Owen Barfield. 1965. New York: Harcourt, Brace and World, 1966. vi-viii.

p. 258: Foster, Robert. A Guide to Middle-Earth. New York: Ballantine Books, 1971.
Problem: Upper case E instead of lower case
Correction: Foster, Robert. A Guide to Middle-earth. New York: Ballantine Books, 1971.

p. 262: _______. Collected Letters. Ed. Walter Hooper. 2 vols. to date. London: HarperCollins, 2000-2006.
Problem: Information outdated
Correction: _______. Collected Letters. Ed. Walter Hooper. 3 vols. London: HarperCollins, 2000-2007.

p. 266: Pavlac, Diana Lynne, ed. Proceedings of the Sixteenth Annual Convention of the Mythopoeic Society. Wheaton, IL: Mythcon 16, 1985.
Problem: Repeat of author's name
Correction: _______, ed. Proceedings of the Sixteenth Anuual Convention of the Mythopoeic Society. Wheaton, IL: Mythcon 16, 1985.

p. 267: _______. The Road to Middle-Earth. 1982. New ed. London: Grafton-HarperCollins. 1992.
Problem: Upper case E instead of lower case
Correction: _______. The Road to Middle-earth. 1982. New ed. London: Grafton-HarperCollins. 1992.

p. 272: Williams, Michal. Appendix. "As I Remember Charles Williams." To Michal from Serge, 259-62.
Problem: Author's name missing
Correction: Williams, Michal. Appendix. "As I Remember Charles Williams." To Michal from Serge. By Charles Williams. 259-62.

p. 272: _______. To Michal from Serge, Letters from Charles Willams to His Wife, Florence, 1939-1945. Ed. and Introduction Roma A. King Jr. Kent OH: Kent State University Press, 2002.
Problem: Missing two commas
Correction: To Michal from Serge, Letters from Charles Williams to His Wife, Florence, 1939-1945. Ed. and Introduction Roma A King, Jr. Kent, OH: Kent State University Press, 2002.

p. 282: Layamon, 159
Problem: Wrong letter: should be a yodh
Correction: La[yodh]amon, 159

Index

p. 274.2, entry for Barfield, Owen, sub-entry for reads JRRT’s work: change 165n32 to 164n32

p. 275.2, entry for Butt, John: delete duplicate 235

p. 277.2, entry for Davidman, Joy, sub-entry for influence on CSL: change 229n23 to 228n23

p. 279.1, entry for Farrer, Austin: change 229n23 to 228n23

p. 280.1, continued page header: delete “: and Coghill”

p. 280.2, entry for Havard, Robert E., sub-entry for on JRRT, change 165n32 to 164n32

p. 282.2, entry for Lewis, C.S., sub-entry for debater: change 76-70 to 76-77

p. 283.1, entry for Lewis, C.S., sub-entry for influences: change 229n23 to 228n23

p. 284.1, continued page header: change “Lewis, C.S. (cont.)” to “Lewis, C.S.: and J.R.R. Tolkien (cont.)”

p. 284.1, entry for Lewis, C.S. and Charles Williams, sub-entry for CW influences CSL: change 229n23 to 228n23

p. 284.2, entry for Lewis, Warren, sub-entry for praises JRRT: change 165n32 to 164n32

p. 286.2, entry for originality, sub-entry for lack of: change 229n23 to 228n23

p. 292.1, entry for Williams, Charles: change sub-entry “God, terms, for” by deleting second comma

Contributors to this list of addenda and corrigenda: David Bratman, Josh Long, Linda Spitser, and Tom Veal. The current winner of the Gwaihir Prize for eagle-eyed editing goes to Linda S. Spitser.