The Discarded Image (Canto Classics): An Introduction to Medieval and Renaissance Literature - Softcover

Lewis, C. S. S.

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9781107604704: The Discarded Image (Canto Classics): An Introduction to Medieval and Renaissance Literature
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ISBN 10: 1107604702 ISBN 13: 9781107604704
Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2012

Synopsis

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'.

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C. S. Lewis's 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 the 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's 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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Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Publication date
2012
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1107604702
ISBN 13 
9781107604704
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
242
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