The Discarded Image: An Introduction to Medieval and Renaissance Literature (Canto) - Softcover

Lewis, C. S.

 
9780521477352: The Discarded Image: An Introduction to Medieval and Renaissance Literature (Canto)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0521477352 ISBN 13: 9780521477352
Verlag: Cambridge University Press, 1994

Inhaltsangabe

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'.

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Críticas

'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

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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'.

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Verlag
Cambridge University Press
Erscheinungsdatum
1994
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0521477352
ISBN 13 
9780521477352
Einband
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Anzahl der Seiten
242
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