What details in the preface of the book, "The Screwtape Letters," allow C.S. Lewis to create verisimilitude?
1 Answer
Dec 3, 2017
The entire book is written in the form of letter correspondence. The Preface sets that stage.
Explanation:
The explanation of similar literature and the genesis of some of his concepts in the "Letters" also makes it more of an introduction to a factual observation than a fictional story. His links to his personal experiences and accounts of others also lends an air of "truth" to the subsequent tale.
