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The Discarded Image

by C. S. Lewis

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A good overview to the medieval view of the universe and how it influenced literature and culture in the Middle Ages and Renaissance. Recommended if those topics interest you. (

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Mialro | Nov 23, 2009 |

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quettandil | Jan 14, 2009 |

This is not an easy read, but worth the effort. Lewis uses his knowledge of medieval culture, society and literature to introduce some images that were once familiar, but have since been lost to the modern world. (

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Libraryish2 | Sep 26, 2008 |

Excellent for understanding the medieval idea of the nature of the universe. I regularly read the section on the difference between the Ptolemaic and Copernican universes in class. The chapter on the Longaevi (fairies etc.) is important for the sources of Inklings fantasy. (

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The Discarded Image

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1964

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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 theology, science and history into a single, complex, harmonious mental model of the universe." This, Lewis' last book, was hailed as "the final memorial to the work of a great scholar and teacher and a wise and noble mind."

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