Alchemy and Exemplary Poetry in Middle English Literature
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| Résumé: | XII, 205 p. text |
| Langue: | anglais |
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Springer Nature Switzerland : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan,
2023.
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| Édition: | 1st ed. 2023. |
| Collection: | The New Middle Ages,
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| Accès en ligne: | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-26606-5 |
| Format: | Électronique Livre |
Table des matières:
- 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.