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Product Identifiers
PublisherCambridge University Press
ISBN-101107604702
ISBN-139781107604704
eBay Product ID (ePID)113455575
Product Key Features
Book TitleDiscarded Image : an Introduction to Medieval and Renaissance Literature
Number of Pages242 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2012
TopicMedieval, Ancient & Classical, European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
IllustratorYes
GenreLiterary Criticism
AuthorC.S. Lewis
Book SeriesCanto Classics Ser.
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.5 in
Item Weight12.3 Oz
Item Length8.5 in
Item Width5.4 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2012-376737
Dewey Edition20
TitleLeadingThe
Dewey Decimal809.02
Table Of ContentPreface; 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.
SynopsisPaints 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'., 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'., 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'.