Studies in Medieval and Renaissance Literature

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, by 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 Darthur
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