Chaucer The Alchemist: Physics, Mutability, And The Medieval Imagination Hardcover

India

Alexander N. Gabrovsky

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

1137541342

9781137541345

English

Palgrave MacMillan

16 Sep 2015

Alexander N. Gabrovsky received a PhD in English from Cambridge University, UK.

Alexander N. Gabrovsky's book is an important study into the role of alchemy and transmutation in the works of Geoffrey Chaucer and fourteenth-century scientific thought. ... Gabrovsky provides important insights about the relationship between medieval alchemy and physics and how it affects the reading of medieval literature. ... the book is especially useful for considering the role of alchemy and science in Chaucer's works and its impact upon character development and the imagination. (Curtis Runstedler, Ambix, Vol. 65 (04), September, 2018)