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Record Nr.

UNINA9910823866403321

Titolo

Alchemical poetry, 1575-1700 : from previously unpublished manuscripts / / edited by Robert M. Schuler

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2013

ISBN

1-136-15928-2

0-203-07926-4

1-299-14120-X

1-136-15929-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (711 p.)

Collana

Routledge library editions. Alchemy ; ; v. 5

Altri autori (Persone)

SchulerRobert M

Disciplina

821/.308037

Soggetti

English poetry - Early modern, 1500-1700

Alchemy

Latin poetry, Medieval and modern

French poetry - To 1500

Didactic poetry, English

Renaissance - England

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

First published in 1995 by Garland Publishing, Inc.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

pt. 1. Elizabethan versifying alchemists -- pt. 2. Three verse translations from Middle French by William Backhouse (1644) -- pt. 3. Interregnum "epic" : chymical medicine and spiritual alchemy -- pt. 4. Six anonymous verse translations (ca. 1700) -- pt. 5. Hermetic mysticism and Augustan satire.

Sommario/riassunto

Of interest to interdisciplinary historians as well as those in various other fields, this book presents the first publication of 14 poems ranging from 12 to 3,000 lines. The poems are printed in the chronological order of their composition, from Elizabethan to Augustan times, but nine of them are verse translations of works from earlier periods in the development of alchemy. Each has a textual and historical introduction and explanatory note by the Editor. Renaissance alchemy is acknowledged as an important element in the histories of early modern science and medicine. This book emphasises