"As poacher turned gamekeeper, C.S. Lewis found himself having to drill students in the elements of Old English philology."
— Philology

January 1, 1970

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Simon Horobin, ‘Never trust a Philologist’: C. S. Lewis, J. R. R. Tolkien, and the Place of Philology in English Studies, The Review of English Studies, Volume 75, Issue 319, April 2024, Pages 209–226