This entertaining and learned volume contains book reviews, lectures, and hard to find articles from the late C. S. Lewis, whose constant aim was to show the twentieth--century reader how to read and understand old books and manuscripts. Highlighting works by Spenser, Dante, Malory, Tasso, and Milto
Studies in Medieval and Renaissance Literature
โ Scribed by C. S. Lewis
- Book ID
- 109879676
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Year
- 2013
- Tongue
- en-US
- Weight
- 256 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN-13
- 9780062313720
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โฆ Synopsis
This entertaining and learned volume contains book reviews, lectures, and hard to find articles from the late C. S. Lewis, whose constant aim was to show the twentieth--century reader how to read and understand old books and manuscripts. Highlighting works by Spenser, Dante, Malory, Tasso, and Milton, Lewis provides a refreshing update to medieval and Renaissance criticism, and equips modern readers to understand these works in a new way.
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