I'm glad you liked it (was worried it might be a bit 'heavy' for an LJ!)
It was published in 1965 by CUP and it's called 'An experiment in criticism'. I really enjoyed it and read it in its entirety (when I really only needed to read the first and last chapters for the essay I'm writing). It's not a long book - just over 100 pages. Don't know if it's still in print, but a library might be able to track it down for you.
There are some wonderfully old-fashioned expressions and Lewis is very much writing to address the society of his time, but I think the points he makes about different attitudes to art (of all media) are still very much valid. My guess is that people who are 'good readers' will instantly recognise themselves in it (as I did) and those who are not will dismiss it as nonsense.
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It was published in 1965 by CUP and it's called 'An experiment in criticism'. I really enjoyed it and read it in its entirety (when I really only needed to read the first and last chapters for the essay I'm writing). It's not a long book - just over 100 pages. Don't know if it's still in print, but a library might be able to track it down for you.
There are some wonderfully old-fashioned expressions and Lewis is very much writing to address the society of his time, but I think the points he makes about different attitudes to art (of all media) are still very much valid. My guess is that people who are 'good readers' will instantly recognise themselves in it (as I did) and those who are not will dismiss it as nonsense.