Author:
Publisher: New World Library
ISBN: 1577317491
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 242
Book Description
Working from the original Persian sources, translators and scholars David and Sabrineh Fideler offer faithful, elegant translations that represent the full scope of Sufi poetry. These concise, tightly focused meditations span only a few lines but reveal worlds of meaning. The poems explore many aspects of human life and the spiritual path, but they center on the liberating power of love.
Love's Alchemy
Author:
Publisher: New World Library
ISBN: 1577317491
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 242
Book Description
Working from the original Persian sources, translators and scholars David and Sabrineh Fideler offer faithful, elegant translations that represent the full scope of Sufi poetry. These concise, tightly focused meditations span only a few lines but reveal worlds of meaning. The poems explore many aspects of human life and the spiritual path, but they center on the liberating power of love.
Publisher: New World Library
ISBN: 1577317491
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 242
Book Description
Working from the original Persian sources, translators and scholars David and Sabrineh Fideler offer faithful, elegant translations that represent the full scope of Sufi poetry. These concise, tightly focused meditations span only a few lines but reveal worlds of meaning. The poems explore many aspects of human life and the spiritual path, but they center on the liberating power of love.
Literatures of Alchemy in Medieval and Early Modern England
Author: Eoin Bentick
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
ISBN: 1843846446
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
Explores the myriad ways in which alchemy was conceptualised by adepts and sceptics alike, from those with recourse to a fully functioning laboratory to those who did not know their pelican from their athanor!
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
ISBN: 1843846446
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
Explores the myriad ways in which alchemy was conceptualised by adepts and sceptics alike, from those with recourse to a fully functioning laboratory to those who did not know their pelican from their athanor!
Alchemy Tried in the Fire
Author: William R. Newman
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 0226577058
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 361
Book Description
Winner of the 2005 Pfizer Prize from the History of Science Society. What actually took place in the private laboratory of a mid-seventeenth century alchemist? How did he direct his quest after the secrets of Nature? What instruments and theoretical principles did he employ? Using, as their guide, the previously misunderstood interactions between Robert Boyle, widely known as "the father of chemistry," and George Starkey, an alchemist and the most prominent American scientific writer before Benjamin Franklin as their guide, Newman and Principe reveal the hitherto hidden laboratory operations of a famous alchemist and argue that many of the principles and practices characteristic of modern chemistry derive from alchemy. By analyzing Starkey's extraordinary laboratory notebooks, the authors show how this American "chymist" translated the wildly figurative writings of traditional alchemy into quantitative, carefully reasoned laboratory practice—and then encoded his own work in allegorical, secretive treatises under the name of Eirenaeus Philalethes. The intriguing "mystic" Joan Baptista Van Helmont—a favorite of Starkey, Boyle, and even of Lavoisier—emerges from this study as a surprisingly central figure in seventeenth-century "chymistry." A common emphasis on quantification, material production, and analysis/synthesis, the authors argue, illustrates a continuity of goals and practices from late medieval alchemy down to and beyond the Chemical Revolution. For anyone who wants to understand how alchemy was actually practiced during the Scientific Revolution and what it contributed to the development of modern chemistry, Alchemy Tried in the Fire will be a veritable philosopher's stone.
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 0226577058
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 361
Book Description
Winner of the 2005 Pfizer Prize from the History of Science Society. What actually took place in the private laboratory of a mid-seventeenth century alchemist? How did he direct his quest after the secrets of Nature? What instruments and theoretical principles did he employ? Using, as their guide, the previously misunderstood interactions between Robert Boyle, widely known as "the father of chemistry," and George Starkey, an alchemist and the most prominent American scientific writer before Benjamin Franklin as their guide, Newman and Principe reveal the hitherto hidden laboratory operations of a famous alchemist and argue that many of the principles and practices characteristic of modern chemistry derive from alchemy. By analyzing Starkey's extraordinary laboratory notebooks, the authors show how this American "chymist" translated the wildly figurative writings of traditional alchemy into quantitative, carefully reasoned laboratory practice—and then encoded his own work in allegorical, secretive treatises under the name of Eirenaeus Philalethes. The intriguing "mystic" Joan Baptista Van Helmont—a favorite of Starkey, Boyle, and even of Lavoisier—emerges from this study as a surprisingly central figure in seventeenth-century "chymistry." A common emphasis on quantification, material production, and analysis/synthesis, the authors argue, illustrates a continuity of goals and practices from late medieval alchemy down to and beyond the Chemical Revolution. For anyone who wants to understand how alchemy was actually practiced during the Scientific Revolution and what it contributed to the development of modern chemistry, Alchemy Tried in the Fire will be a veritable philosopher's stone.
Ben Jonson
Author: Anne Barton
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521277488
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 394
Book Description
Anne Barton gives a reading of the plays that re-evaluates Ben Jonson as a dramatist.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521277488
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 394
Book Description
Anne Barton gives a reading of the plays that re-evaluates Ben Jonson as a dramatist.
Love's Usuries
Author: Louis Creswicke
Publisher: DigiCat
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 141
Book Description
'Love's Usuries' is a collection of short stories by Louis Creswicke. The stories are in the genre of romance. Some of the titles are: "Love's Usuries", "A Quaint Elopement", "Trooper Jones of the Light Brigade", "The "Celibate" Club" and "In the Cradle of the Deep."
Publisher: DigiCat
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 141
Book Description
'Love's Usuries' is a collection of short stories by Louis Creswicke. The stories are in the genre of romance. Some of the titles are: "Love's Usuries", "A Quaint Elopement", "Trooper Jones of the Light Brigade", "The "Celibate" Club" and "In the Cradle of the Deep."
The Calligrapher
Author: Edward Docx
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 9780618485345
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 372
Book Description
A modern tale of sexual mores and city life, Edward Docx's debut is a witty novel of spurned lovers, elaborately planned seduction, plotted revenge, and surprising secrets.
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 9780618485345
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 372
Book Description
A modern tale of sexual mores and city life, Edward Docx's debut is a witty novel of spurned lovers, elaborately planned seduction, plotted revenge, and surprising secrets.
The Broadview Anthology of Seventeenth-Century Verse and Prose
Author: Alan Rudrum
Publisher: Broadview Press
ISBN: 1551110539
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 1334
Book Description
The publication of The Broadview Anthology of Seventeenth-Century Verse and Prose is a literary event; this comprehensive volume is the first anthology of the period to reflect the breadth of seventeenth-century studies in recent decades. Over one hundred writers are included, from John Chamberlain at the beginning of the century to Elisabeth Singer Rowe at its end. There are generous selections from the work of all major writers, and a representation of the work of virtually every writer of significance. The work of women writers figures prominently, with extensive selections not only from canonical writers such as Behn and Bradstreet, but also from other writers (such as Katherine Philips and Margaret Cavendish) who have been receiving considerable scholarly attention in recent years. The anthology is broadly inclusive, with writing from America as well as from the British Isles. Memoirs, letters, political texts, travel writing, prophetic literature, street ballads, and pamphlet literature are all here, as is a full representation of the literary poetry and prose of the period, including the poetry of Jonson; the prose of Bacon; the metaphysical poetry of Donne, Herbert, Marvell, and others; the lyric verse of Herrick; and substantial selections from the poetry and prose of Milton and Dryden. (While Samson Agonistes is included in its entirety, Milton’s epic poems have been excluded, in order to allow space for other works not so readily accessible elsewhere.) The editors have included complete works wherever possible. A headnote by the editors introduces each author, and each selection has been newly annotated.
Publisher: Broadview Press
ISBN: 1551110539
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 1334
Book Description
The publication of The Broadview Anthology of Seventeenth-Century Verse and Prose is a literary event; this comprehensive volume is the first anthology of the period to reflect the breadth of seventeenth-century studies in recent decades. Over one hundred writers are included, from John Chamberlain at the beginning of the century to Elisabeth Singer Rowe at its end. There are generous selections from the work of all major writers, and a representation of the work of virtually every writer of significance. The work of women writers figures prominently, with extensive selections not only from canonical writers such as Behn and Bradstreet, but also from other writers (such as Katherine Philips and Margaret Cavendish) who have been receiving considerable scholarly attention in recent years. The anthology is broadly inclusive, with writing from America as well as from the British Isles. Memoirs, letters, political texts, travel writing, prophetic literature, street ballads, and pamphlet literature are all here, as is a full representation of the literary poetry and prose of the period, including the poetry of Jonson; the prose of Bacon; the metaphysical poetry of Donne, Herbert, Marvell, and others; the lyric verse of Herrick; and substantial selections from the poetry and prose of Milton and Dryden. (While Samson Agonistes is included in its entirety, Milton’s epic poems have been excluded, in order to allow space for other works not so readily accessible elsewhere.) The editors have included complete works wherever possible. A headnote by the editors introduces each author, and each selection has been newly annotated.
ELIZABETHAN VERSE AND PROSE
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 670
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 670
Book Description
In the Company of Friends
Author: Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee
Publisher: The Golden Sufi Center
ISBN: 0963457411
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 206
Book Description
The work of The Golden Sufi Center is to make available the teachings of the Sufi path. Weaving together dreams and spiritual stories, this "wise, rich, deeply moving, and significant book" (Andrew Harvey) explores the inner journey and the group's role in facilitating it.
Publisher: The Golden Sufi Center
ISBN: 0963457411
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 206
Book Description
The work of The Golden Sufi Center is to make available the teachings of the Sufi path. Weaving together dreams and spiritual stories, this "wise, rich, deeply moving, and significant book" (Andrew Harvey) explores the inner journey and the group's role in facilitating it.
Poems of John Donne
Author: John Donne
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 448
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 448
Book Description