The Discarded Image: An Introduction to Medieval and Renaissance Literature

Lewis, C. S.

ISBN 10: 0521477352 / ISBN 13: 9780521477352

Verlag: Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2002

Beschreibung

x, 232 pp, index. [13].

Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 146-1

Bibliografische Details

• Titel: The Discarded Image: An Introduction to Medieval and Renaissance Literature
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press, Cambridge
• Erscheinungsjahr: 2002
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN-10: 0521477352
• ISBN-13: 9780521477352
• Einband: Trade Paperback
• Auflage: Reprint
• Zustand: Near Fine
• Verkäuferkataloge:
  • Theology and Philosophy

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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'.

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