“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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Main Author:	Martina Zamparo
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	University of Udine 2017-11-01
Series:	Le Simplegadi
Online Access:	http://all.uniud.it/simplegadi/wp-content/uploads/2017/Simplegadi_17_2017_Zamparo.pdf

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spelling	doaj-8f760a881abe49dea1da040e8ea9be5a2020-11-24T23:53:37ZengUniversity of UdineLe Simplegadi1824-52261824-52262017-11-01151734736010.17456/SIMPLE-80“An art / That Nature makes”: The Alchemical Conception of Art and Nature in Shakespeare’s The Winter’s TaleMartina ZamparoThe 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 relationship of art and nature that is highly evocative of the alchemical notions widespread at the time – the discussion will also include the significance of time and water. Displaying a world in which “things dying” are the source of “things newborn”, The Winter’s Tale seems to follow the alchemical pattern known as solve et coagula, i.e. ‘destroy’ in order to ‘re-create’.http://all.uniud.it/simplegadi/wp-content/uploads/2017/Simplegadi_17_2017_Zamparo.pdf
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“An art / That Nature makes”: The Alchemical Conception of Art and Nature in Shakespeare’s The Winter’s Tale

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