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Paul Ferguson Member 
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http://www.luminarium.org/lumina.htm This website is essentially an anthology of English literature but also contains an encyclopaedia and links to many articles and essays, e.g. Kathryn Hitchcox's recently-added dissertation on 'Alchemical Discourse in the Canterbury Tales: Signs of Gnosis and Transmutation'. Search the site for relevant terms from here: http://www.luminarium.org/illuminate.htm |
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adammclean Member 
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There is a rather good section on Medieval Cosmology http://www.luminarium.org/encyclopedia/medievalcosmology.htm |
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Alan Pritchard Guest
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Also of interest is the fact that the poems included are tagged with influences, subject matter, etc. A search on alchemy gives 67 references, including many poems. For example, Marvell's The mower against gardens is so tagged - not a poem that has been written about from this point of view. AFAIAA. |
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Paul Ferguson Member
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Alan Pritchard wrote:Also of interest is the fact that the poems included are tagged with influences, subject matter, etc. A search on alchemy gives 67 references, including many poems. For example, Marvell's The mower against gardens is so tagged - not a poem that has been written about from this point of view. AFAIAA. I wonder if this tagging is due to cross-contamination from a reference to Lyndy Abraham's book 'Marvell and Alchemy'? I have looked through the poem and cannot see anything especially alchemical except perhaps: 'And in the cherry he does Nature vex, 'To procreate without a sex...' which I suppose might be a reference to the androgyne. |
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