The discarded image : an introduction to Medieval and Renaissance literature
Lewis, C. S.
The discarded image : an introduction to Medieval and Renaissance literature - Canto ed. - Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2012. - x, 231 pages ; 22 cm
Originally published: 1964. This edition originally published: 1994.
Includes bibliographical footnotes and index.
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.
Hailed as 'the final memorial to the work of a great scholar and a wise and noble mind'. 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 organisation 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'.
9781107604704 (pbk.)
Literature, Medieval--History and criticism.
European literature--History and criticism.--Renaissance, 1450-1600
Literature
Literary studies: ancient, classical & medieval
Literary studies: general
History of ideas
United Kingdom, Great Britain
Literature: history & criticism
Ireland
809.02
The discarded image : an introduction to Medieval and Renaissance literature - Canto ed. - Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2012. - x, 231 pages ; 22 cm
Originally published: 1964. This edition originally published: 1994.
Includes bibliographical footnotes and index.
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.
Hailed as 'the final memorial to the work of a great scholar and a wise and noble mind'. 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 organisation 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'.
9781107604704 (pbk.)
Literature, Medieval--History and criticism.
European literature--History and criticism.--Renaissance, 1450-1600
Literature
Literary studies: ancient, classical & medieval
Literary studies: general
History of ideas
United Kingdom, Great Britain
Literature: history & criticism
Ireland
809.02