Moreover, the new Illustrated Screwtape Letters, released in 2009, is a beautiful hardback edition with bookmarker and gilt edging. His sketches for The Screwtape Letters are colorful, imaginative, displaying a great sense of humor and whimsy.
So, there is no question that Papas was a great illustrator. He also illustrated one of my favorite books, Mr. Papas had previously done illustrations for books by Malcolm Muggeridge and Pope John Paul I. He was commissioned by Collins Publishers in England to illustrate The Screwtape Letters, and the original illustrated version was first released in 1979. In the 1960’s and 70’s he worked for The Guardian, The Sunday Times and Punch. William Elias Papas was a political cartoonist, book illustrator and watercolor artist of Greek heritage born in South Africa. Do the illustrations “make bright” the book? Do they offer “purification”? How well do they “clarify” or “decorate” the text?įirst of all, there is no question that the illustrations by William Papas both “make bright” and “decorate” the text of The Screwtape Letters rather nicely. These definitions lead me to the following questions regarding The Illustrated Screwtape Letters. Under the word, illustration, Webster’s third definition most pertains to our subject at hand: “Visual matter for clarifying or decorating a text.” And illustrare is related to the Latin word, lustrum, which means purification. According to Webster the English word, illustrate, comes from the Latin illustrare which means to make bright. So I thought I would start by looking up the meaning of the word illustrated. In fact, Lewis spent one whole book doing this: Studies in Words. Lewis often noted the importance of defining the meaning of words we think we understand. And to do that I think I shall start where Lewis would-by defining terms. Therefore I shall confine myself to reviewing the illustrations. Now, where to start in such a review? First of all, since The Screwtape Letters has been in print for sixty-seven years and is a classic of Christian literature and satire I see no need to review the text of one of C. This was a chance to get a free Lewis book.
What was there to hesitate over? I love Lewis. When asked to write this review of The Illustrated Screwtape Letters I jumped at the chance.
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