Alchemical Satire in George Ripley's "Compound of Alchemy": The Chaucerian Legacy
- Author / Editor
- Linden, Stanton J.
Alchemical Satire in George Ripley's "Compound of Alchemy": The Chaucerian Legacy
- Published
- Wayne H. Finke and Barry J. Luby, eds. A Confluence of Words: Studies in Honor of Robert Lima (Newark, Del.: Juan de la Cuesta, 2011), pp. 227-62.
- Description
- Traces the influence of CYPT on the "writings of late medieval alchemical works," focusing on George Ripley's "Compound of Alchemy" and discussing a variety of motifs, from alchemists' attire and associations, to the jargon and dangers of alchemy, its negative affiliation with clergy, and its strategies of "deception and secrecy." Includes an edition of the fifth "Gate" of the Compound.
- Contributor
- Wayne H. Finke, ed.
Barry J. Luby, ed.
- Alternative Title
- A Confluence of Words: Studies in Honor of Robert Lima.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Canon's Yeoman and His Tale
Chaucer's Influence and Later Allusion