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The Poesy of Scientia in Early Modern England - Paul Ferguson - 07-12-2024
Editors: Subha Mukherji, Elizabeth L. Swann
* Draws on a wide range of material, from canonical works like 'King Lear' to the lesser known poems of Hester Pulter
* Includes fresh primary research from regional archives
* Presents familiar figures in the history of science such as Boyle and Bacon in new and illuminating ways
Includes The Imperfect Circle: Hester Pulter’s Alchemical Forms
"Pulter’s alchemical knowledge is at the crux of each poem’s journey and form. Via the influence of Kenelm Digby and an interest in palingenesis—attempts to resurrect plants from their ashes—this chapter focuses on Pulter’s adoption of alchemical transmutation as the central conceit of her desire to become one with God. Pulter’s detailed understanding of alchemy is evident, I argue, in her knowing rejection of its artificial goals. Her written transmutations of body, soul and poetic form ultimately return to their prima materia, as Pulter chooses imperfect conclusions and awaits the finishing hand of the Divine."
https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-51800-3
More about Hester Pulter:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lady_Hester_Pulter
https://pulterproject.northwestern.edu/about-hester-pulter-and-the-manuscript.html
RE: The Poesy of Scientia in Early Modern England - Paul Ferguson - 07-12-2024
Also, From Philosopher’s Stone to Phosphorus; Robert Boyle’s Illuminating Experiments
https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-031-51800-3_4