The alchemist in literature :from Dante to the present
Includes bibliographical references and index
Theodore Ziolkowski
Introduction, or Materia Prima -- Satirizations, or Nigredo -- Romanticizations, or Cauda Pavonis -- Mid-century adaptations, or Albedo -- Poeticizations, or Fermentatio -- Spiritualizations, or Rubedo -- Popularizations, or Projectio -- Conclusions, or Quinta Essentia