Author: Alexander N. Gabrovsky
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 1137523913
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 497
Book Description
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.