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After a period at Magdalen College, Oxford?, he became the chair of Mediaeval and Renaissance Literature atklfhksfhksfldfhslfskjfhlsghf;lslfad;;lwoufwuowfhouh;uhsfslxjvnsjf;lfhwuhouhfosh;fjsfhjkdnhls;jjjkskfk [Magdalene College]?, Cambridge?. In spite of this position, he claimed that there was no such thing as an English renaissance. Much of his scholarly work concentrated on the later Middle Ages, especially its use of allegory. His The Allegory of Love (1936) helped reinvigorate the serious study of late medieval narratives like the Roman de la Rose. His late work, The Discarded Image, an introduction to Medieval and Renaissance Literature (1964), is an excellent summary of the medieval world view, the "discarded image" of the cosmos in his title. |
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After a period at Magdalen College, Oxford?, he became the chair of Mediaeval and Renaissance Literature at [Magdalene College]?, Cambridge?. In spite of this position, he claimed that there was no such thing as an English renaissance. Much of his scholarly work concentrated on the later Middle Ages, especially its use of allegory. His The Allegory of Love (1936) helped reinvigorate the serious study of late medieval narratives like the Roman de la Rose. His late work, The Discarded Image, an introduction to Medieval and Renaissance Literature (1964), is an excellent summary of the medieval world view, the "discarded image" of the cosmos in his title. He was a prolific writer and a member of the literary discussion society The Inklings with his close friend J. R. R. Tolkien. |
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He was a member of the literary discussion society The Inklings, and a prolific writer. |
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Recently there has been some interest in biographical material concerning Lewis. This has resulted in several biographies, at least one play about his life, and a 1993 movie, titled Shadowlands? after a story by Lewis. The movie fictionalizes his relationship with an American fan, Joy Gresham, whom he met and married in London?, only to watch her die slowly of a terminal illness. |
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Recently there has been some interest in biographical material concerning Lewis. This has resulted in several biographies, at least one play about his life, and a 1993 movie, titled Shadowlands? after a story by Lewis. The movie fictionalizes his relationship with an American fan, [Joy Gresham]?, whom he met and married in London?, only to watch her die slowly of a terminal illness. |
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