Subject: The Screwtape Letters: 8 Facts Tue Jun 20, 2017 6:33 am
The Screwtape Letters: 8 Facts
June 20, 2017 by SkyWatch Editor
Though many are only familiar with C. S. Lewis’ children’s works, The Chronicles of Narnia, he gained fame and recognition through his penning of The Screwtape Letters. Initially published individually through The Guardian on a weekly basis in 1942, the volume is still a widely hailed work. It records the advice of one devil – Screwtape – to another, his protégé Wormwood. Below are eight facts about the author and his work. According to blogger Brenton Dickieson, the inspiration for The Screwtape Letters came to Lewis over the course of a weekend. After listening to one of Hitler’s speeches on the radio on Friday night and then a sermon on Sunday morning, the idea was born from these starkly contrasting influences. Though Lewis was familiar with the operational manners of evil, he admits that even he was not immune…
Subject: The Screwtape Letters: 8 Facts 
Tue Jun 20, 2017 6:33 am
