The Discarded Image: An Introduction to Medieval & Renaissance Literature - Softcover

C.S. Lewis

Softcover

ISBN 10: 052109450X ISBN 13: 9780521094504

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 1964

Synopsis

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."

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Paints a lucid picture of the medieval world view, providing the historical and cultural background to the literature of the Middle Ages and Renaissance. 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'.

Review

'Wise, illuminating, companionable, it may well come to be seen as Lewis' s best book.' The Observer

'... erudite and graceful, filled with anecdote and analogy, illuminating the images of the past.' Los Angeles Times

'... his wonderful gusto, the clarity of his style, the wit of his comments and analogies, the range of his learning and the liveliness of his mind are displayed to the full, warmed by a prevailing good humour.' Helen Gardner, The Listener

?Wise, illuminating, companionable, it may well come to be seen as Lewis? s best book.? The Observer

?? erudite and graceful, filled with anecdote and analogy, illuminating the images of the past.? Los Angeles Times

?? his wonderful gusto, the clarity of his style, the wit of his comments and analogies, the range of his learning and the liveliness of his mind are displayed to the full, warmed by a prevailing good humour.? Helen Gardner, The Listener

???Wise, illuminating, companionable, it may well come to be seen as Lewis??? s best book.??? The Observer

?????? erudite and graceful, filled with anecdote and analogy, illuminating the images of the past.??? Los Angeles Times

?????? his wonderful gusto, the clarity of his style, the wit of his comments and analogies, the range of his learning and the liveliness of his mind are displayed to the full, warmed by a prevailing good humour.??? Helen Gardner, The Listener

' his wonderful gusto, the clarity of his style, the wit of his comments and analogies, the range of his learning and the liveliness of his mind are displayed to the full, warmed by a prevailing good humour.' Helen Gardner, The Listener

' erudite and graceful, filled with anecdote and analogy, illuminating the images of the past.' Los Angeles Times

Edition details

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 1964
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 052109450X
• ISBN 13: 9780521094504
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 232