Chaucer the Alchemist: Physics, Mutability, and the Medieval Imagination by Gabrovsky, Alexander N.

Chaucer the Alchemist: Physics, Mutability, and the Medieval Imagination (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781137541345)

Vendor: Alexander N. Gabrovsky
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Format: Hardcover
$139.99
$139.99
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Chaucer the Alchemist: Physics, Mutability, and the Medieval Imagination by Gabrovsky, Alexander N.

Chaucer the Alchemist: Physics, Mutability, and the Medieval Imagination

$139.99
Chaucer the Alchemist: Physics, Mutability, and the Medieval Imagination by Gabrovsky, Alexander N.

Chaucer the Alchemist: Physics, Mutability, and the Medieval Imagination

$139.99
Format: Hardcover
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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
ISBN-10: 1137541342
ISBN-13: 9781137541345
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Language: English
Published: 09/16/2015
Pages: 291
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.05lbs
Size: 8.60h x 5.50w x 0.90d
By Alexander N. Gabrovsky
By Alexander N. Gabrovsky
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Alexander N. Gabrovsky holds a PhD in Medieval Literature from Cambridge University, UK and received an MD from VCU School of Medicine, USA. He specializes in alchemical manuscripts, paleopathology, and the history of occult and natural philosophy in the Middle Ages. He has published various journal articles related to disease in mummies, the medical field, history of art and medieval cryptography. He is a physician in Kansas City, USA.

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