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The discarded image; an introduction to medieval and Renaissance literature, by C.S. Lewis.

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Main Author: Lewis, C. S. (Clive Staples), 1898-1963
Other title:Introduction to medieval and Renaissance literature.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge [England] University Press, 1964.
Subjects:
Literature, Medieval > History and criticism.
Latin literature, Medieval and modern > History and criticism.
European literature > Renaissance, 1450-1600 > History and criticism.
European literature > Renaissance.
Latin literature, Medieval and modern.
Literature, Medieval.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Table of Contents:
  • 1. The medieval situation
  • 2. Reservations
  • 3. Selected materials: the classical period: The Somnium Scipionis
  • Lucan
  • Statius, Claudian, and the Lady Natura
  • Apuleius, De Deo Socratis
  • 4. Selected materials: the seminal period: Chalcidius
  • Macrobius
  • Pseudo-Dionysius
  • Boethius
  • 5. The heavens: The parts of the universe
  • Their operations
  • Their inhabitants
  • 6. The Longaevi
  • 7. Earth and her inhabitants: The Earth
  • Beasts
  • The human soul
  • Rational soul
  • Sensitive and vegetable soul
  • Soul and body
  • The human body
  • The human past
  • The seven liberal arts
  • 8. The influence of the model.

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