The alchemist in literature [electronic resource] : from Dante to the present / Theodore Ziolkowski.
Ted-Zee-Man, 1941- author.
2015
PN56.A44 Z56 2015eb
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Title The alchemist in literature [electronic resource] : from Dante to the present / Theodore Ziolkowski.
Author Ted-Zee-Man, 1941- author.
Edition First edition.
ISBN 9780191809187 (electronic book)
DOI https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198746836
Published Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2015.
Language English
Description 1 online resource (x, 237 pages) : illustrations
Item Number 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198746836 doi
Call Number PN56.A44 Z56 2015eb
Dewey Decimal Classification 809.933561
Summary This study traces the figure of the alchemist in Western literature from its first appearance in Dante down to the present. From the beginning alchemy has had two aspects: exoteric or operative (the transmutation of baser metals into gold) and esoteric or speculative (the spiritual transformation of the alchemist himself). As scholarly interest in alchemy intensified, writers were attracted to the figure of the alchemist and his quest for power. The figure of the alchemist in literature provides a seismograph for major shifts in intellectual and cultural history.
Note This study traces the figure of the alchemist in Western literature from its first appearance in Dante down to the present. From the beginning alchemy has had two aspects: exoteric or operative (the transmutation of baser metals into gold) and esoteric or speculative (the spiritual transformation of the alchemist himself). As scholarly interest in alchemy intensified, writers were attracted to the figure of the alchemist and his quest for power. The figure of the alchemist in literature provides a seismograph for major shifts in intellectual and cultural history.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Introduction, or Materia Prima
Satirizations, or Nigredo
Romanticizations, or Cauda Pavonis
Mid-century adaptations, or Albedo
Poeticizations, or Fermentatio
Spiritualizations, or Rubedo
Popularizations, or Projectio
Conclusions, or Quinta Essentia.

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