The Discarded Image: An Introduction to Medieval and Renaissance Literature

by C. S. Lewis

2020-12-30 06:17:24

The Discarded Image paints a lucid picture of the medieval world view, providing the historical and cultural background to the literature of the middle ages and renaissance. It describes the ''image'' discarded by later years as ''the medieval synthe... Read more
The Discarded Image paints a lucid picture of the medieval world view, providing the historical and cultural background to the literature of the middle ages and renaissance. It describes the ''image'' discarded by later years 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''s last book, has been hailed as ''the final memorial to the work of a great scholar and teacher and a wise and noble mind''. Less

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File size8.46 X 5.43 X 0.51 in
Print pages242
PublisherCambridge University Press
Publication date March 29, 2012
LanguageEnglish
ISBN9781107604704
Author
Clive Staples Lewis (29 Nov 1898 – 22 Nov 1963) was a British writer and lay theologian. He held academic positions in English literature at both Oxford University and Cambridge University. He wrote...

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