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Literary works influenced by alchemy Back to texts page Mercury Vindicated - a masque by Ben Jonson Ben Jonson - The Alchemist (a satirical play written in 1610) Chaucer - The Canon Yeoman's tale Poems of John Donne with alchemical references Reginald Scot on alchemy William Blake - The Marriage of Heaven and Hell 'Gold' an alchemical adventure - a play by Andrew Dallmeyer Goethe's Faust Thomas Campanella's City of the Sun Francis Bacon's New Atlantis Jan Comenius The Labyrinth of the World The allegorical tale in Novalis' novel Heinrich von Ofterdingen The Mystic Tower from The Mystic Rose from the Garden of the King If you have problems understanding these alchemical texts, Adam McLean now provides a study course entitled How to read alchemical texts : a guide for the perplexed. |