Curtis Runstedler, "Alchemy and Exemplary Poetry in Middle English Literature" (Palgrave Macmillan, 2023)
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What Can Alchemy Tell Us About Early Science?
I was thinking, you know, what can these poems tell us about early science? What can we do with these poems too? You know, they're not just poems too, but they also connect to an exemplary tradition too. How do these poets use these poems to make moral points about practice and scientific practice too? So not only for the benefit of the artist, but also how scientists can look at these poems and find meaning in that too. And just kind of examining that kind of intersection as well.
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