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Author:   Dr Eoin Bentick (Author)
Publisher:   Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Imprint:   D.S. Brewer
ISBN:  

9781843846444

ISBN 10:   1843846446
Pages:   228
Publication Date:   15 November 2022
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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List of Illustrations Acknowledgements Editorial Practice List of Abbreviations Introduction Chapter 1. Ignotum Per Ignocius: Literatures of Alchemical Impotence Sinners, Tricksters and Fools: Conceptions of Alchemists in the Fourteenth Century Playing with Obscurity: Chaucer's Manipulation of the Tabula chemica and the Liber de secretis naturae Impotent Alchemical 'Pryvetee' Chapter 2. Alchemical Theories of Social Reform Roger Bacon's Holistic Alchemy John Gower's Moral Alchemy Thomas Norton's Alchemical King Chapter 3. British Library, MS Harley 2407 Recipe-Poems Gnomic Poems Theoretical Poems Conceit-Poems Chapter 4. Alchemical Hermeneutics Augustine and Medieval Hermeneutics Alchemical Afterlives He that Hath Ears to Hear Conclusion Bibliography

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