The Discarded Image: An Introduction to Medieval and Renaissance Literature

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Author: C. S. Lewis

ISBN-10: 0521477352

ISBN-13: 9780521477352

Category: Ancient & Medieval Literature

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This, Lewis's last book, was hailed as 'the final memorial to the work of a great scholar and teacher and a wise and noble mind'.

PrefaceIThe Medieval Situation1IIReservations13IIISelected Materials: The Classical Period22AThe Somnium Scipionis23BLucan29CStatius, Claudian, and the Lady Natura34DApuleius, De Deo Socratis40IVSelected Materials: The Seminal Period45AChalcidius49BMacrobius60CPseudo-Dionysius70DBoethius75VThe Heavens92AThe Parts of the Universe92BTheir Operations102CTheir Inhabitants113VIThe Longaevi122VIIEarth and Her Inhabitants139AThe Earth139BBeasts146CThe Human Soul152DRational Soul156ESensitive and Vegetable Soul161FSoul and Body165GThe Human Body169HThe Human Past174IThe Seven Liberal Arts185VIIIThe Influence of the Model198Epilogue216Index224