{"product_id":"9783031266089","title":"The New Middle Ages","description":"\u003ch1\u003eThe New Middle Ages\u003c\/h1\u003e \u003ch2\u003eRunstedler, Curtis\u003c\/h2\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis book explores the different functions and metaphorical concepts of alchemy in fourteenth- and fifteenth-century Middle English poetry and bridges them together with the \u003ci\u003eexempla\u003c\/i\u003e tradition in late medieval English literature. Such poetic narratives function as exemplary models which directly address the ambiguity of medieval English alchemical practice. This book examines the foundation of this relationship between alchemical narrative and \u003ci\u003eexemplum \u003c\/i\u003ein the poetry of Gower and Chaucer in the fourteenth century before exploring its diffusion in lesser-known anonymous poems and recipes in the fifteenth century, namely alchemical dialogues between Morienus and Merlin, Albertus Magnus and the Queen of Elves, and an alchemical version of John Lydgate’s poem \u003ci\u003eThe Churl and the Bird\u003c\/i\u003e. It investigates how this exemplarity can be read as inherent to understanding poetic narratives containing alchemy, as well as enabling the reader to reassess the understanding and expectations of science and narrative within medieval English poetry.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ch3\u003eDetails\u003c\/h3\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublished by: Palgrave Macmillan\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublication Date: 2024-03-29\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFormat: Paperback\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eISBN-13: 9783031266089\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDOI: 10.1007\/978-3-031-26606-5\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDimensions: 210cm x148cm\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePages: 205\u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"Springer Nature Switzerland","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44807668072588,"sku":"9783031266089","price":125.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9783031266089.jpg?v=1775054576","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9783031266089","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}