{"product_id":"alchemy-paracelsianism-and-shakespeares-the-martina-zamparo-9783031051661","title":"Alchemy, Paracelsianism, and Shakespeare's the Winter's Tale","description":"This book explores the role of alchemy, Paracelsianism, and Hermetic philosophy in one of Shakespeare's last plays, \u003ci\u003eThe Winter's Tale\u003c\/i\u003e. A perusal of the vast literary and iconographic repertory of Renaissance alchemy reveals that this late play is imbued with several \u003ci\u003etopoi\u003c\/i\u003e, myths, and emblematic symbols coming from coeval alchemical, Paracelsian, and Hermetic sources. It also discusses the alchemical significance of water and time in the play's circular and regenerative pattern and the healing role of women. All the major symbols of alchemy are present in Shakespeare's play: the intertwined serpents of the caduceus, the chemical wedding, the \u003ci\u003efilius philosophorum\u003c\/i\u003e, and the so-called \u003ci\u003erex chymicus\u003c\/i\u003e. This book also provides an in-depth survey of late Renaissance alchemy, Paracelsian medicine, and Hermetic culture in the Elizabethan and Jacobean ages. Importantly, it contends that \u003ci\u003eThe Winter's Tale\u003c\/i\u003e, in symbolically retracing the healing pattern of the \u003ci\u003erotaalchemica\u003c\/i\u003e and in emphasising the Hermetic principles of unity and concord, glorifies King James's conciliatory attitude.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Martina Zamparo\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 3031051661\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9783031051661\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Palgrave MacMillan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/06\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 377\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.38lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.27h x 5.83w x 0.88d","brand":"Martina Zamparo","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":45331881951487,"sku":"9783031051661","price":109.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_bd4b6ed5-4777-4114-bfdf-3da90d494e54.jpg?v=1713971133","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/alchemy-paracelsianism-and-shakespeares-the-martina-zamparo-9783031051661","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}