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The Discarded Image

An Introduction to Medieval and Renaissance Literature

Author: C.S. Lewis   Series: Canto Classics

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Paints 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'.

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Paints 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'.

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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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Critic Reviews

' 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
?????? 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
?? 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
'... 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

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About the Author

Clive Staples Lewis (1898-1963) was one of the intellect

Clive Staples Lewis (1898-1963) was one of the intellect

Clive Staples Lewis (1898-1963) was one of the intellect

Clive Staples Lewis (1898-1963) was one of the intellect

Clive Staples Lewis (1898-1963) was one of the intellectual giants of the twentieth century and arguably the most inual giants of the twentieth century and arguably the most inual giants of the twentieth century and arguably the most inual giants of the twentieth century and arguably the most inual giants of the twentieth century and arguably the most influ

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Product Details

Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Published
29th March 2012
Pages
242
ISBN
9781107604704

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