The Marriage of Heaven and Earth : Alchemical Regeneration in the Works of Taylor, Poe, Hawthorne, and Fuller.
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TextSeries: Contributions to the Study of American Literature SeriesPublisher: New York : Bloomsbury Publishing USA, 2000Copyright date: ©2000Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (168 pages)Content type: - text
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- 9780313001567
- Taylor, Edward, -- 1642-1729 -- Criticism and interpretation
- Poe, Edgar Allan, -- 1809-1849 -- Criticism and interpretation
- Hawthorne, Nathaniel, -- 1804-1864 -- Criticism and interpretation
- Fuller, Margaret, -- 1810-1850 -- Criticism and interpretation
- American literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism
- Alchemy in literature
- Regeneration in literature
- 810.9/37
- PS217.A43C57 2000
Cover -- The Marriage of Heaven and Earth -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Chapter 1 Alchemy in Early America -- NOTES -- Chapter 2 Edward Taylor and the Transmutation of Soul -- TAYLOR'S ALCHEMICAL PARADIGM -- NOTES -- Chapter 3 Alchemical Spirits in Eighteenth-Century America -- NOTES -- Chapter 4 Poe's Alchemy and the Regeneration of Imagination -- THE VAS HERMETICUM -- THE CONJUNCTION IN THE GRAVE -- POE'S HERMETIC GARDEN AND THE MARRIAGE OF HEAVEN AND EARTH -- NOTES -- Chapter 5 Hawthorne's Alchemy of Love -- HAWTHORNE'S HERMETIC MYTHOLOGY -- THE HEART OF THE STONE -- NOTES -- Chapter 6 Fuller and the Golden Seed -- NOTES -- Epilogue -- NOTES -- Works Cited -- Index -- About the Author.
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