Alison Bumke
Biographic Data
| ID | 6334467 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Alison Bumke |
| GIVEN NAMES | Alison |
| FAMILY NAME | Bumke |
| SIGNATURE | BUMKE A |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Nottingham, Nottingham, England |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-6770-7623 |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 1 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 1 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Distilling Grief
This paper explores how Lucy Hutchinson used alchemical imagery to illustrate her evolving grief in her Elegies. An early form of chemistry, alchemy was thought to be not only purifying and healing but also deceptive and harmful. Hutchinson’s grief is similarly mutable, she suggests, as she traces her fluctuating emotions in the wake of her husband’s death. Even as she stresses the isolating nature of her mourning, her alchemical language highlig…
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Distilling Grief
This paper explores how Lucy Hutchinson used alchemical imagery to illustrate her evolving grief in her Elegies. An early form of chemistry, alchemy was thought to be not only purifying and healing but also deceptive and harmful. Hutchinson’s grief is similarly mutable, she suggests, as she traces her fluctuating emotions in the wake of her husband’s death. Even as she stresses the isolating nature of her mourning, her alchemical language highlig…
Alchemy (1 work) · Art (1 work) · Folklore, Mythology, and Literature Studies (1 work) · Grief (1 work) · Literature (1 work) · Lyrics (1 work) · Philippine History and Culture (1 work) · Philosophy (1 work) · Philosophy (1 work) · Poetry (1 work)