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Author Lewis, C. S. (Clive Staples), 1898-1963.

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

Publication Info. Cambridge [Eng.] : University Press, 1964.

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 Canton Public Library - Adult Department  809.02 LEWIS    Check Shelf
 West Hartford, Noah Webster Library - Non Fiction  809.02 L    Check Shelf
Description ix, 231 pages ; 21 cm
Bibliography Bibliographical footnotes.
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.
Subject Literature, Medieval -- History and criticism.
Latin literature, Medieval and modern -- History and criticism.
European literature -- Renaissance, 1450-1600 -- History and criticism.
Added Title Introduction to medieval and Renaissance literature.
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