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Record Nr.

UNINA9910828586903321

Autore

Clack Randall A. <1958->

Titolo

The marriage of heaven and earth : alchemical regeneration in the works of Taylor, Poe, Hawthorne, and Fuller / / Randall A. Clack

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Westport, Conn. : , : Praeger, , 2000

London : , : Bloomsbury Publishing, , 2024

ISBN

979-84-00-68312-1

0-313-00156-1

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (167 p.)

Collana

Contributions to the study of American literature, , 1092-6356 ; ; no. 6

Disciplina

810.9/37

Soggetti

American literature - 19th century - History and criticism

Alchemy in literature

Regeneration in literature

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [137]-147) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover -- The Marriage of Heaven and Earth -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Chapter 1 Alchemy in Early America -- NOTES -- Chapter 2 Edward Taylor and the Transmutation of Soul -- TAYLOR'S ALCHEMICAL PARADIGM -- NOTES -- Chapter 3 Alchemical Spirits in Eighteenth-Century America -- NOTES -- Chapter 4 Poe's Alchemy and the Regeneration of Imagination -- THE VAS HERMETICUM -- THE CONJUNCTION IN THE GRAVE -- POE'S HERMETIC GARDEN AND THE MARRIAGE OF HEAVEN AND EARTH -- NOTES -- Chapter 5 Hawthorne's Alchemy of Love -- HAWTHORNE'S HERMETIC MYTHOLOGY -- THE HEART OF THE STONE -- NOTES -- Chapter 6 Fuller and the Golden Seed -- NOTES -- Epilogue -- NOTES -- Works Cited -- Index -- About the Author.