The Alchemy Reader: From Hermes Trismegistus to Isaac Newton
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The Alchemy Reader: From Hermes Trismegistus to Isaac Newton

The Alchemy Reader: From Hermes Trismegistus to Isaac Newton

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Stanton J. Linden (Contributor)  

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The Alchemy Reader is a collection of primary source readings on alchemy and hermeticism, which offers readers an informed introduction and background to a complex field through the works of important ancient, medieval and early modern alchemical authors. Including selections from the legendary Hermes Trimegistus to Robert Boyle and Isaac Newton, the book illustrates basic definitions, conceptions, and varied interests and emphases; and it also illustrates the highly interdisciplinary character of alchemical thought and its links with science and medicine, philosophical and religious currents, the visual arts and iconography and, especially, literary discourse. Like the notable anthologies of alchemical writings published in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, it seeks to counter the problem of an acute lack of reliable primary texts and to provide a convenient and accessible point of entry to the field. 14 Halftones, unspecified
Stanton J. Linden is Professor Emeritus of English, Washington State University. His publications include Darke Hierogliphicks: Alchemy in English Literature from Chaucer to the Restoration (1996), Emblems and Alchemy (co-editor, 1998), and a critical edition of George Ripley's Compound of Alchymy (2001).
  • Contributor: Stanton J. Linden
  • Imprint: Cambridge University Press
  • ISBN13: 9780521796620
  • Number of Pages: 288
  • Packaged Dimensions: 168x241x18mm
  • Packaged Weight: 450
  • Format: Paperback
  • Publisher: Cambridge University Press
  • Release Date: 2003-08-28
  • Binding: Paperback / softback
  • Biography: Stanton J. Linden is Professor Emeritus of English, Washington State University. His publications include Darke Hierogliphicks: Alchemy in English Literature from Chaucer to the Restoration (1996), Emblems and Alchemy (co-editor, 1998), and a critical edition of George Ripley's Compound of Alchymy (2001).

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