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The discarded image : an introduction to Medieval and Renaissance literature

By: Publication details: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2012.Edition: Canto edDescription: x, 231 pages ; 22 cmContent type:
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  • 9781107604704 (pbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 809.02
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.
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'.
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Book George Adams Research Centre Main 809.02 LEW (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Ordered
Book George Adams Research Centre Main 809.02 LEW (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Ordered

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'.

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