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The Discarded Image: An Introduction to Medieval and Renaissance Literature

by C. S. Lewis

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Synopses & Reviews

Publisher Comments:

C.S. Lewis' The Discarded Image paints a lucid picture of the medieval world view, as historical and cultural background to the literature of the Middle Ages and Renaissance. It describes the "image" discarded by later ages as "the medieval synthesis itself, the whole organization of their theology, science and history into a single, complex, harmonious mental model of the universe." This, Lewis' last book, was hailed as "the final memorial to the work of a great scholar and teacher and a wise and noble mind."

Synopsis:

This, Lewis's last book, was hailed as 'the final memorial to the work of a great scholar and teacher and a wise and noble mind'.

Synopsis:

The Discarded Image paints a lucid picture of the medieval world view, as historical and cultural background to the literature of the middle ages and renaissance. It describes the ‘image’discarded by later ages as ‘the medieval synthesis itself, the whole organisation of their theology, science and history into a single, complex, harmonious mental model of the universe’.

Synopsis:

This, Lewis??'s last book, was hailed as ???the final memorial to the work of a great scholar and teacher and a wise and noble mind???.

Table of Contents

Preface; 1. The medieval situation; 2. Reservations; 3. Selected materials: the classical period; 4. Selected materials: the seminal period; 5. The heavens; 6. The longaevi; 7. Earth and her inhabitants; 8. The influence of the model; Epilogue; Index.

Product Details

ISBN:
9780521477352
Subtitle:
An Introduction to Medieval and Renaissance Literature
Author:
Lewis, C. S.
Author:
Lewis, C.S.
Author:
Lewis
Publisher:
Cambridge University Press
Location:
Cambridge :
Subject:
Reference
Subject:
English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
Subject:
Medieval
Subject:
History, criticism and surveys
Subject:
History and criticism
Subject:
Literature, medieval
Subject:
Latin literature
Subject:
Literature, Medieval -- History and criticism.
Subject:
Latin literature -- History and criticism.
Subject:
Estetica literaria
Subject:
General Literary Criticism & Collections
Edition Number:
1
Edition Description:
Paperback
Series:
Canto
Series Volume:
1993
Publication Date:
August 1994
Binding:
Paperback
Grade Level:
General/trade
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Yes
Pages:
242
Dimensions:
8.53x5.45x.49 in. .66 lbs.

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