The Discarded Image: An Introduction to Medieval & Renaissance Literature

C.S. Lewis

ISBN 10: 052109450X / ISBN 13: 9780521094504

Published by Cambridge University Press, 1964

About this Item

First Edition, First Printing. Published by Cambridge University Press, 1964. Octavo. Paperback. Book is very good.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Discarded Image: An Introduction to Medieval & Renaissance Literature
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication Date: 1964
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 052109450X
• ISBN 13: 9780521094504
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: Very Good

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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."

Book Description

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'.