Chaucer The Alchemist: Physics, Mutability, And The Medieval Imagination (The New Middle Ages)
Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN13:
9781137541345
$139.06
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.
- | Author: Alexander N. Gabrovsky
- | Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
- | Publication Date: Sep 16, 2015
- | Number of Pages: 310 pages
- | Language: English
- | Binding: Hardcover
- | ISBN-10: 1137541342
- | ISBN-13: 9781137541345
- Author:
- Alexander N. Gabrovsky
- Publisher:
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Publication Date:
- Sep 16, 2015
- Number of pages:
- 310 pages
- Language:
- English
- Binding:
- Hardcover
- ISBN-10:
- 1137541342
- ISBN-13:
- 9781137541345