"'The office becomes a woman best': Alchemy, Women, and Healing in The Winter's Tale"
https://www.worldshakesbib.org/entry/bbbo936/
Author:
	Zamparo, Martina.
Type:
	Journal Article
Year:
	2019
Publication Information:
	Lingue e Linguaggi 30 (2019): 307–36..
DOI:
	10.1285/i22390359v30p307
Annotation:
	Offers an alchemical and allegorical reading of Winter's Tale where Hermione represents "the feminine aspect of matter"; Leontes represents "rex chymicus...raw matter that has been transmuted into gold"; Perdita embodies the "fruit of the chemical wedding between the royal couple"; and Paulina "functions as a personification of the art of alchemy and, as a dramatist, directs the events." English summary, 307.
Language:
	English
Keywords:
	alchemy
Tags:
	Scholarship, Criticism, History of Criticism, The Winter's Tale
WSB Update:
	Winter 2025
WSB Record Number:
	bbbo936