OK, so critiques of C. S. Lewis were immediately raised upon mentioning him in my introduction, so it seemed an interesting starting point for a discussion. Specifically, By formal training or by skill? By formal training he was neither, but an expert in Classics and English literature, though much of his training and education certainly taught him both skills. By skill I suspect Lewis himself would disagree with you on that were he alive to defend himself (though I suspect he probably woul...