What Kilby referred to as the mythopoetic imagination of Tolkien and Lewis has had a tremendous impact on contemporary writers from J.K. Rowling to Philip Pullman. While authors like Flannery O'Connor and Shusaku Endo descend into the depths of gritty realism, Tolkien's and Lewis's fantasies raise us to supernatural heights. 320 pages, hardcover. Paraclete.