He Dreams of Dragons: Alchemical Imagery in the Medieval Dream Visions of King Arthur
Document Type
Review
Publication Title
Arthuriana
Abstract
The presence of alchemical imagery in Arthur's dream vision—imagery which develops across the English chronicle tradition and which is then incorporated into the alliterative and romance traditions—demonstrates that medieval writers were making use of alchemy as a literary motif of transformation for political purpose as early as the appearance of Geoffrey of Monmouth's Historia Regum Britanniae.
DOI
10.1353/art.2017.0003
Publication Date
5-2017
Recommended Citation
Elmes, Melissa Ridley, "He Dreams of Dragons: Alchemical Imagery in the Medieval Dream Visions of King Arthur" (2017). Faculty Scholarship. 136.
https://digitalcommons.lindenwood.edu/faculty-research-papers/136
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