Great. But this does not necessitate going away from reading nacash as “snake.” It’s still a snake, even if it’s miraculously moved by Satan.
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And the donkey is still a talking ass. 
An remember the 9th commandment: “Thou shall not covet your neighbor’s ass”
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He was an astute and influential critic of Spenser’s poetry.
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I will confess I have never read any of his poetry criticism, and my judgment isn’t based on that.
Really, it’s injustice. He did so many great literary criticism and all he’s remembered for is Narnia and his Christian writing.
Same for Tolkien, he revived interest in Beowulf and did some great works in linguistics yet he’s remembered mostly for Legendarium.
Popular history is driven by fads.
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To be fair, not many mid-20th-century literary critics and philologists are household names. I do think that Tolkien’s seminal essay on Beowulf is one of the best things he wrote. It’s a model of humane, literate, and even moving criticism that touches on larger issues.
Oh, and I do like the Narnia books.
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