Alchemy and the Metamorphosis of History in Chaucer's House of Fame
- Author / Editor
- St. John, Michael.
Alchemy and the Metamorphosis of History in Chaucer's House of Fame
- Published
- Carla Dente, George Ferzoco, Miriam Gill, and Marina Spunta, eds. Proteus: The Language of Metamorphosis. Studies in European Cultural Transition, no. 26. Burlington, Vt.: Ashgate, 2005, pp. 83-92.
- Description
- Argues that an "individual's knowledge of history" is presented in HF in a way that is metaphorically linked to alchemical transformation--with "tydynges" either substantially transformed or flying into uncontrollable energy. CYT shows Chaucer's knowledge of alchemy.
- Contributor
- Dente, Carla, ed.
- Ferzoco, George, ed.
- Gill, Miriam, ed.
- Spunta, Marina, ed.
- Alternative Title
- Proteus: The Language of Metamorphosis.
- Chaucer Subjects
- House of Fame
- Canon's Yeoman and His Tale.