{"product_id":"de-descriptione-temporum-an-inaugural-lecture-c-s-lewis-first-edition-1955-2","title":"De Descriptione Temporum - An Inaugural Lecture","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLEWIS, C. S. De Descriptione Temporum - An Inaugural Lecture. \u003c\/strong\u003eCambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1955. First edition, first printing of the author's inaugural lecture delivered at Cambridge University on 29th November 1954 (his 56th birthday), following his award of the newly founded chair of Medieval and Renaissance Literature.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSoft cover pamphlet, 18.3 x 12.5 cm, 22 numbered pages sewn into plain wrappers with an integral, unclipped (2s. 6d. net) dust wrapper. Light tanning to extremities, corners a little rubbed and creased, a couple of foxing spots; else a very clean example, complete with text legible.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn his inaugural lecture, C. S. Lewis argued that the most radical cultural shift in history had occurred within the last hundred years, reshaping how modern readers approach literature. He urged his audience to set aside modern habits in order to understand Old Western literature properly, joking that he himself was a “dinosaur” from that older world. The lecture was an overwhelming success, filling the hall and earning rare unanimous support for his appointment (Lancelyn \u0026amp; Hooper, 284-285).\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sancho's Rare Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52918379970899,"sku":null,"price":180.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0830\/5403\/5283\/files\/1955-De-Descriptione-Temporum-An-Inaugural-Lecture-C-S-LEWIS-First-Edition_1_32c11064-9e5d-4883-afe7-21dca36a1429.webp?v=1769962638","url":"https:\/\/sanchosrarebooks.co.uk\/products\/de-descriptione-temporum-an-inaugural-lecture-c-s-lewis-first-edition-1955-2","provider":"Sancho's Rare Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}