 An aspect of what was becoming Lewis’ contribution to "The Personal Heresy" showed up near the end of the essay, when Lewis mentioned Lascelles Abercrombie.Abercrombie had written an article, “A Plea for the Liberty of Interpreting,” for "The Proceedings of the British Academy" (1930).Lewis summarized Abercrombie's position as one that preferred the effect of Chaucer's Troilus on us now over that which it had on its original medieval audience.