Chaucer the Alchemist

Alexander N. Gabrovsky holds a PhD in Medieval Literature from Cambridge University, UK and received an MD from VCU School of Medicine, USA. He specializes in alchemical manuscripts, paleopathology, and the history of occult and natural philosophy in the Middle Ages. He has published various journal articles related to disease in mummies, the medical field, history of art and medieval cryptography. He is a physician in Kansas City, USA.

PART I: PHYSICS 1. Introduction: Chaucer's Sublunar Region of Mutable Forms 2. Thought Experiments in Geffrey's Dream: The Poetics of Motus Localis, Measurement, and Relativity in the House of Fame PART II: ALCHEMY 3. Alchemical Allegory and Transformative Action in the Franklin's Tale 4. 'As licour out of a lambyc ful faste': Love and Alchemy in Troilus and Criseyde PART III: LOGIC 5. Counterfactual Conditionals in the Avian Debate:Ars Obligatoria and Possible Worlds Semantics in the Parliament of Fowls 6. Conclusion: Chaucer and the Reality of Change