“An art / That Nature makes”: The Alchemical Conception of Art and Nature in Shakespeare’s The Winter’s Tale
The aim of this paper is to discuss the conception of art and nature expounded by Shakespeare in The Winter’s Tale in the light of Renaissance alchemical imagery and language. Moving from the debate between Perdita and Polixenes – a dialogue in which the two characters present a vision of the relati...
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| Language: | English |
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University of Udine
2017-11-01
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| Series: | Le Simplegadi |
| Online Access: | http://all.uniud.it/simplegadi/wp-content/uploads/2017/Simplegadi_17_2017_Zamparo.pdf |