What did J.R.R. Tolkien think of G.K. Chesterton?

To my knowledge, J.R.R.Tolkien did not speak much of G.K. Chesterton if at all. However, voicing opinions would not be the same as having opinions. We DO know what C.S. Lewis thought of G.K. Chesterton. read more

His books include The Quest for Shakespeare, Tolkien: Man and Myth, The Unmasking of Oscar Wilde, C. S. Lewis and The Catholic Church, Literary Converts, Wisdom and Innocence: A Life of G.K. Chesterton, Solzhenitsyn: A Soul in Exile, and Old Thunder: A Life of Hilaire Belloc. read more

The three are C. S. Lewis, G. K. Chesterton, and J. R. R. Tolkien. The one idea is a certain fairly general (but far from trivial) thesis about meaning or fulfillment in life—that is, in the life of created rational beings. read more