Alchemy and Exemplary Poetry in Middle English Literature

Alchemy and Exemplary Poetry in Middle English Literature

Runstedler, Curtis

Springer International Publishing AG

03/2023

205

Dura

Inglês

9783031266058

15 a 20 dias

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Introduction: Alchemy and Exemplarity.- Chapter 1: A Brief History of Alchemy.- Chapter 2: Alchemy and Labor in John Gower's Confessio Amantis.- Chapter 3: Alchemists Behaving Badly in Chaucer's Canon's Yeoman's Tale.- Chapter 4: John Lydgate and the Alchemical Churl and the Bird.- Chapter 5: Merlin and the Queen of Elves: Alchemical Dialogues in the Fifteenth Century.- Chapter 6: Conclusion.
Literature, Science and Medicine Studies;alchemy;poetry;Middle English literature;medieval science;exempla