The Discarded Image

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'.

List of contents

Preface; 1. The medieval situation; 2. Reservations; 3. Selected materials: the classical period; 4. Selected materials: the seminal period; 5. The heavens; 6. The longaevi; 7. Earth and her inhabitants; 8. The influence of the model; Epilogue; Index.

Product details

• Authors: Lewis C. S., C S Lewis, C. S. Lewis
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 29.03.2012
• EAN: 9781107604704
• ISBN: 978-1-107-60470-4
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 215 mm x 11 mm
• Series: CANTO; Canto Classics; Canto Classics
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Non-fiction book > Nature, technology > Natural science; History of Ideas, LITERARY CRITICISM / Ancient & Classical, HISTORY / Social History, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Literary studies: classical, early & medieval, Literary studies: general, Literary studies: c 1500 to c 1800, Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval