Not many people have read C.S. Lewis's The Discarded Image. It is not fiction, it is not a theological treatise. Therefore, most people do not know it exists.
It is, however, a book that has shed some light on my literary life. In it, Lewis, simply and succinctly, examines medieval literature and the beliefs expressed therein. I found it in the middle of reading Paradise Lost and took a break to peruse its pages. When I returned to Milton, I felt I could grasp it just a bit better. Now I am reading The Faerie Queene, and I am delighted. It is like standing behind the curtains of a drama and seeing every mechanism, every winch, every actor fall into place.
Thankfully, this book is still in print and can most likely be found at a local bookstore.
Just a thought.
God Bless
It is, however, a book that has shed some light on my literary life. In it, Lewis, simply and succinctly, examines medieval literature and the beliefs expressed therein. I found it in the middle of reading Paradise Lost and took a break to peruse its pages. When I returned to Milton, I felt I could grasp it just a bit better. Now I am reading The Faerie Queene, and I am delighted. It is like standing behind the curtains of a drama and seeing every mechanism, every winch, every actor fall into place.
Thankfully, this book is still in print and can most likely be found at a local bookstore.
Just a thought.
God Bless
1 comments:
@ Araken,
Hrmm, sounds like an interesting book, then again all of C.S. Lewis's books are interesting, however I found his "Space" trilogy extremely fascinating. Thanks for posting about it, I will have to take a deeper look into the book...:P
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