 Lewis had not changed his position when, in 1946, he wrote in "Different Tastes in Literature" that "some preferences in art are really better than others" ("On Stories", 119).The first three essays of "The Personal Heresy" were originally published in the journal "Essays and Studies", a periodical of the English Association, in 1934, 1935, and 1936.The first was entitled "The Personal Heresy in Criticism," the second "Rejoinder," and the third "Open Letter to Dr Tillyard."