Alchemical poetry, 1575-1700 : from previously unpublished manuscripts / / edited by Robert M. Schuler

• Pubblicazione: Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2013
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (711 p.)
• Disciplina: 821/.308037
• Soggetto topico: English poetry - Early modern, 1500-1700; Alchemy; Latin poetry, Medieval and modern; French poetry - To 1500; Didactic poetry, English; Renaissance - England
• Altri autori: SchulerRobert M
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Alchemical poetry, 1575-1700
• ISBN: 1-136-15928-2; 0-203-07926-4; 1-299-14120-X; 1-136-15929-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910823866403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Routledge library editions. . -Alchemy.