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Autore |
Clack Randall A. <1958-> |
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Titolo |
The marriage of heaven and earth : alchemical regeneration in the works of Taylor, Poe, Hawthorne, and Fuller / / Randall A. Clack |
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Westport, Conn. : , : Praeger, , 2000 |
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London : , : Bloomsbury Publishing, , 2024 |
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ISBN |
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979-84-00-68312-1 |
0-313-00156-1 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (167 p.) |
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Collana |
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Contributions to the study of American literature, , 1092-6356 ; ; no. 6 |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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American literature - 19th century - History and criticism |
Alchemy in literature |
Regeneration in literature |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [137]-147) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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. |
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