Beyond the Literary Sources of Augurello’s Chrysopoeia

In his Neo-Latin poem Chrysopoeia (1515), the Italian humanist Giovanni Aurelio Augurello often declares to be outdoing the ancients in writing the first alchemical poem in Latin. Is this simply an instance of what E. R. Curtius called outdoing a topos? Or is Augurello’s poem actually venturing onto...

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Main Author: Soranzo, Matteo (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Iter Press 2022
In: Renaissance and reformation
Year: 2022, Volume: 45, Issue: 3, Pages: 81-102
IxTheo Classification:TJ Modern history
Further subjects:B Alchemy
B Intertextuality
B Renaissance Humanism
B Neo-Latin Poetry
B G. A. Augurello
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