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Published on: 2015-12-15
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Unlike most other studies of alchemy and literature, which focus on alchemical imagery in poetry of specific periods or writers, this book traces the figure of the alchemist in Western literature from its first appearance in the Eighth Circle of Dante's Inferno down to the present. From the beginning alchemy has had two aspects: exoteric or operative (the transmutation of baser metals into gold) and esoteric or speculative (the spiritual transformation of the alchemist himself). From Dante to Ben Jonson, during the centuries when the belief in exoteric alchemy was still strong and exploited by many charlatans to deceive the gullible, writers in major works of many literatures treated alchemists with ridicule in an effort to expose their tricks. From the Renaissance to the Enlightenment, as that belief weakened, the figure of the alchemist disappeared, even though Protestant poets in England and Germany were still fond of alchemical images. But when eighteenth-century science almost wholly undermined alchemy, the figure of the alchemist began to emerge again in literature--now as a humanitarian hero or as a spirit striving for sublimation. Following these esoteric romanticizations, as scholarly interest in alchemy intensified, writers were attracted to the figure of the alchemist and his quest for power. The fin-de-siecle saw a further transformation as poets saw in the alchemist a symbol for the poet per se and others, influenced by the prevailing spiritism, as a manifestation of the religious spirit. During the interwar years, as writers sought surrogates for the widespread loss of religious faith, esoteric alchemy underwent a pronounced revival, and many writers turned to the figure of the alchemist as a spiritual model or, in the case of Paracelsus in Germany, as a national figurehead. This tendency, theorized by C. G. Jung in several major studies, inspired after World War II a vast popularization of the figure in novels--historical, set in the present, or juxtaposing past and present-- in England, France, Germany, Italy, Brazil, and the United States. The inevitable result of this popularization was the trivialization of the figure in advertisements for healing and cooking or in articles about scientists and economists. In sum: the figure of the alchemist in literature provides a seismograph for major shifts in intellectual and cultural history. Alchemy - Wikipedia The start of Western alchemy may generally be traced to ancient and Hellenistic Egypt where the city of Alexandria was a center of alchemical knowledge and retained ... The Lady of the Lake by Sir Walter Scott - online literature The Lady of the Lake. The Lady of the Lake. by. Sir Walter Scott Bart. Edited with Notes. By. William J. Rolfe A.M. Formerly Head Master of the High School ... Renaissance facts information pictures Encyclopedia ... Renaissance Europe had considerable cultural and intellectual unity greater than it had in the centuries of the Middle Ages or would again until the European ... English Literature: Jacobean Drama Jacobean drama (the drama of the age of James I 1603-25) was a decadent from the drama of Shakespeare and his contemporaries. It was inevitable says long ... Literature Quiz Questions TriviaBug Laugh and the world laughs with you; Weep and you weep alone; The idea for the poem came as she was travelling to attend a ball. On her way to the celebration ... Outta Ray's Head Literature Lessons - Cogeco The Meaningful Assignment. This is the poetry assignment where each student gets to explain what a poem of his or her choosing means to him or her. Wizkids Dedicated to creating games driven by imagination Prepare to do fearsome battle in the Regional Championships for HeroClix and Dice Masters as well as many other amazing side events in the Winter 2017 WizKids Open. Dante Alighieri - Wikipedia Dante fought with the Guelph cavalry at the Battle of Campaldino (June 11 1289). This victory brought about a reformation of the Florentine constitution. English (BA DipHE and CertHE) University of London ... Level 4 Two compulsory courses (BA DipHE & CertHE) Explorations in Literature . This ... Divine Comedy: Inferno. A Study Help - gicas.net DANTE'S LIFE Dante Alighieri was born to a Guelph family in Florence in 1265. The Guelph was the party of the small nobility and of the ...
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