The Work of Alchemy

Author / Editor
Knapp, Peggy A.

Title
The Work of Alchemy

Published
Journal of Medieval and Early Modern Studies 30: 575-99, 2000.

Description
In presenting "werk," "multiplie," and "privitee" as pivotal words and concepts, CYT differs from Jonson's "The Alchemist." Yet both works demonstrate links between material transformation and the early history of capitalism.

Chaucer Subjects
Canon's Yeoman and His Tale.