Studies in Medieval and Renaissance Literature (Canto Classics)
Cambridge University Press
Edition: Reprint, 11/7/2013
EAN 9781107658929, ISBN10: 1107658926
Paperback, 212 pages, 21.6 x 14 x 1.2 cm
Language: English
Originally published in English
C. S. Lewis's Studies in Medieval and Renaissance Literature is a collection of fourteen fascinating essays, half of which were never published in Lewis's lifetime. The first three provide a general introduction to medieval literature whilst the remaining essays turn to the works of major writers such as Dante (The Divine Comedy), Malory (Le Morte d'Arthur), Spenser (The Faerie Queene) and Milton (Comus). Lewis's insightful yet accessible writing will captivate anyone with an interest in medieval and Renaissance literature.
Preface Walter Hooper
1. De Audiendis Poetis
2. The genesis of a medieval book
3. Imagination and thought in the Middle Ages
4. Dante's similes
5. Imagery in the last eleven cantos of Dante's Comedy
6. Dante's statius
7. The Morte d'Arthur
8. Tasso
9. Edmund Spenser, 1552–99
10. On reading The Faerie Queene
11. Neoplatonism in the poetry of Spenser
12. Spenser's cruel Cupid
13. Genius and genius
14. A note on Comus
Additional editorial notes
Index.
'Another side of Lewis's witty, lucid intellect is revealed in this 1966 collection, now returned to print. Its 14 papers deal with Spenser, Dante, Malory, Tasso and Milton, and with such other topics as the medieval talent for reworking old books into something fresh and original.' The New York Times