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The Discarded Image (1964) (edit title/settings)

An Introduction to Medieval and Renaissance Literature

by C. S. Lewis (Author) (edit contributors)

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C.S. Lewis' 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 organization of their... read more

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Medieval man shared many ignorances with the savage, and some of his beliefs may suggest savage parallels to an anthropologist.

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  1. C. S. Lewis (Author)

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Original Language: English
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Country: United Kingdom
Publication Date: 1964
ISBN: N/A
Page Count: 242

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