Chaucer the alchemist

Chaucer the alchemist: physics, mutability, and the medieval imagination

by Gabrovsky, Alexander N.

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The secrets of nature's alchemy captivated both the scientific and literary imagination of the Middle Ages. This book explores Chaucer's fascination with earth's mutability. Gabrovsky reveals that his poetry represents a major contribution to a medieval worldview centered on the philosophy of physics, astronomy, alchemy, and logic.

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  • Full title :Chaucer the alchemist : physics, mutability, and the medieval imagination / Alexander N. Gabrovsky.

Summary

The secrets of nature's alchemy captivated both the scientific and literary imagination of the Middle Ages. This book explores Chaucer's fascination with earth's mutability. Gabrovsky reveals that his poetry represents a major contribution to a medieval worldview centered on the philosophy of physics, astronomy, alchemy, and logic.

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Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:©2015
  • Edition:First edition

Publication Statements

  • Publisher(s):Palgrave Macmillan
  • Place of Publication:New York
  • Language:eng
  • Publication Date:©2015

The Physical Object

  • Description:1 online resource (xviii, 291 pages)

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:9781137523914, 1137523913, 9781137523938, 113752393X
  • oclc:ocn946357923
  • LC Classification:PR1933.S3
  • Dewey Decimal:821/.1

Table of Contents

PART I: PHYSICS1. Introduction: Chaucer's Sublunar Region of Mutable Forms 2. Thought Experiments in Geffrey's Dream: The Poetics of Motus Localis, Measurement, and Relativity in the House of Fame PART II: ALCHEMY 3. Alchemical Allegory and Transformative Action in the Franklin's Tale 4. 'As licour out of a lambyc ful faste': Love and Alchemy in Troilus and Criseyde PART III: LOGIC 5. Counterfactual Conditionals in the Avian Debate: Ars Obligatoria and Possible Worlds Semantics in the Parliament of Fowls 6. Conclusion: Chaucer and the Reality of Change.

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Subjects

Alchemie alchemy Alchemy in literature Alchimie dans la littérature Chaucer, Geoffrey Literary studies -- classical, early & … Literary studies: general Literature: history & criticism POETRY -- English, Irish, Scottish, Wel… Science Science, Medieval, in literature Sciences médiévales -- Dans la littérat…

Writers

Gabrovsky, Alexander N.

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