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The Discarded Image

An Introduction to Medieval and Renaissance Literature

C. S. Lewis

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English
Cambridge University Press
01 May 2012
Series: Canto Classics
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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Imprint:   Cambridge University Press
Country of Publication:   United Kingdom
Dimensions:   Height: 215mm,  Width: 138mm,  Spine: 13mm
Weight:   340g
ISBN:   9781107604704
ISBN 10:   1107604702
Series:   Canto Classics
Pages:   242
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Audience:   College/higher education ,  General/trade ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Primary ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Reviews for The Discarded Image: An Introduction to Medieval and Renaissance Literature

'Wise, illuminating, companionable, it may well come to be seen as Lewis' s best book.' The Observer '... his wonderful gusto, the clarity of his style, the wit of his comments and analogies, the range of his learning and the liveliness of his mind are displayed to the full, warmed by a prevailing good humour.' Helen Gardner, The Listener '... erudite and graceful, filled with anecdote and analogy, illuminating the images of the past.' Los Angeles Times ?? erudite and graceful, filled with anecdote and analogy, illuminating the images of the past.? Los Angeles Times ?? his wonderful gusto, the clarity of his style, the wit of his comments and analogies, the range of his learning and the liveliness of his mind are displayed to the full, warmed by a prevailing good humour.? Helen Gardner, The Listener ?Wise, illuminating, companionable, it may well come to be seen as Lewis? s best book.? The Observer ???Wise, illuminating, companionable, it may well come to be seen as Lewis??? s best book.??? The Observer ?????? erudite and graceful, filled with anecdote and analogy, illuminating the images of the past.??? Los Angeles Times ?????? his wonderful gusto, the clarity of his style, the wit of his comments and analogies, the range of his learning and the liveliness of his mind are displayed to the full, warmed by a prevailing good humour.??? Helen Gardner, The Listener ' his wonderful gusto, the clarity of his style, the wit of his comments and analogies, the range of his learning and the liveliness of his mind are displayed to the full, warmed by a prevailing good humour.' Helen Gardner, The Listener ' erudite and graceful, filled with anecdote and analogy, illuminating the images of the past.' Los Angeles Times


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