 Lewis's position in this work reflects his conviction that objective values are resident in people, places, events, and things, rejecting the relativistic mindset of that age and subsequent ages.Lewis's position was further developed in "A Preface to Paradise Lost" (1942) and reached its culmination in his 1961 work "An Experiment in Criticism".Some of Lewis's letters provide us with additional perspective on this controversy, showing Lewis to be aware of the potential for a negative view of him, but also showing Lewis to be congenial towards Tillyard himself.