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

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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 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'. Read more

ISBN10 1107604702
ISBN13 978-1107604704
Edition Reprint
Language English
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Dimensions 5.5 x 0.55 x 8.5 inches
Item Weight 12 ounces
Print length 242 pages
Publication date March 30, 2012

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