Shakespeare, alchemy and the creative imagination : the Sonnets and A Lover's Complaint /

Demonstrating how the lost lexicon of fashionable late Renaissance alchemy imbued Shakespeare's bawdy Sonnets and 'A Lover's Complaint' with spiritual and political meanings, this text transforms our understanding of Shakespeare's art.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Healy, Margaret, 1955-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2011.
Temas:
Shakespeare, William, > 1564-1616. > Sonnets.
Shakespeare, William, > 1564-1616. > Lover's complaint.
Lover's complaint (Shakespeare, William)
Sonnets (Shakespeare, William)
Sonnets, English > History and criticism.
Alchemy in literature.
Alchimie dans la littérature.
POETRY > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
Alchemy in literature
Sonnets, English
Alkemi i litteraturen.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Alchemical contexts
  • Lovely boy
  • The dark mistress and the art of blackness
  • A lover's complaint by William Shake-speare
  • Inner looking, alchemy and the creative imagination
  • Conclusion: Shakespeare's poetics of love and religious toleration.

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