The discarded image : an introduction to medieval and Renaissance literature

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The discarded image : an introduction to medieval and Renaissance literature

by C.S. Lewis

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Cambridge University Press, 1994, c1964

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Introduction to medieval and Renaissance literature

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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Description

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 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'. 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.

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