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Alchemy and Exemplary Poetry in Middle English Literature

Af: Curtis Runstedler Engelsk Hardback

Alchemy and Exemplary Poetry in Middle English Literature

Af: Curtis Runstedler Engelsk Hardback
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This book explores the different functions and metaphorical concepts of alchemy in fourteenth- and fifteenth-century Middle English poetry and bridges them together with the exempla tradition in late medieval English literature. Such poetic narratives function as exemplary models which directly address the ambiguity of medieval English alchemical practice. This book examines the foundation of this relationship between alchemical narrative and exemplum in the poetry of Gower and Chaucer in the fourteenth century before exploring its diffusion in lesser-known anonymous poems and recipes in the fifteenth century, namely alchemical dialogues between Morienus and Merlin, Albertus Magnus and the Queen of Elves, and an alchemical version of John Lydgate''s poem The Churl and the Bird. It investigates how this exemplarity can be read as inherent to understanding poetic narratives containing alchemy, as well as enabling the reader to reassess the understanding and expectations of science and narrative within medieval English poetry.
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This book explores the different functions and metaphorical concepts of alchemy in fourteenth- and fifteenth-century Middle English poetry and bridges them together with the exempla tradition in late medieval English literature. Such poetic narratives function as exemplary models which directly address the ambiguity of medieval English alchemical practice. This book examines the foundation of this relationship between alchemical narrative and exemplum in the poetry of Gower and Chaucer in the fourteenth century before exploring its diffusion in lesser-known anonymous poems and recipes in the fifteenth century, namely alchemical dialogues between Morienus and Merlin, Albertus Magnus and the Queen of Elves, and an alchemical version of John Lydgate''s poem The Churl and the Bird. It investigates how this exemplarity can be read as inherent to understanding poetic narratives containing alchemy, as well as enabling the reader to reassess the understanding and expectations of science and narrative within medieval English poetry.
Produktdetaljer
Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 205
ISBN-13: 9783031266058
Indbinding: Hardback
Udgave:
ISBN-10: 3031266056
Udg. Dato: 28 mar 2023
Længde: 0mm
Bredde: 148mm
Højde: 210mm
Forlag: Springer International Publishing AG
Oplagsdato: 28 mar 2023
Forfatter(e): Curtis Runstedler
Forfatter(e) Curtis Runstedler


Kategori Antikken & Middelalder


ISBN-13 9783031266058


Sprog Engelsk


Indbinding Hardback


Sider 205


Udgave


Længde 0mm


Bredde 148mm


Højde 210mm


Udg. Dato 28 mar 2023


Oplagsdato 28 mar 2023


Forlag Springer International Publishing AG

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