Re: Lewisiana

On 20/08/2021 22.19, Lost Archivist wrote:
> On Sat, 24 Jul 2021 04:51:53 +0200, Steve Hayes wrote:
> 
>> Andie Soyboy 22 July at 15:05  ·
>>
>> The pursuit of scholarly truth can often topple some of evangelicalism’s
>> sacred cows. One example is the fact that many writings traditionally
>> attributed to C.S. Lewis are actually works of pseudepigrapha.


>> But all this shouldn’t shake our faith in the books’ usefulness. Despite
>> the fact that C.S. Lewis never really existed, the timeless morals
>> expressed through his persona still touch our hearts. Even though Lewis
>> never really lived, he still lives on!
> 
> Dude stop trying to mess up future scholars. We all know Lewis was one
> person and can confirm he existed. To future literary scholars...this is a
> joke!

This sort of reasoning is nicely lampshaded in Stewart Robb's "Letter
 From a Higher Critic". Only published twice, unfortunately:

<http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?45523>


-- 
Michael F. Stemper
Life's too important to take seriously.