Alchemy and atomism in the Quixote

Authors

  • Carlos García-Verdugo Caso UNED, Centro Asociado de Cádiz

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3989/anacervantinos.2008.003

Keywords:

Quixote, Sancho, Science, Alchemy, Atomism

Abstract


When the Quixote was published, the scientific and humanist languages were not split yet. In this work, passages in the novel have been studied that enable to relate both fields of knowledge. This allows us to understand the ideas that an educated person of that time had on what, in a wide sense, we know as science. Moreover, some scientific ideas are used in a creative way from a literary point of view. Understanding these ideas involves knowing more extensively purely artistic aspects of the novel. That symbiotic relation is limited in this work to the alchemical area in its diverse manifestations. It is also possible to find traces of atomism.

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Published

2008-12-30

How to Cite

García-Verdugo Caso, C. (2008). Alchemy and atomism in the Quixote. Anales Cervantinos, 40, 63–87. https://doi.org/10.3989/anacervantinos.2008.003

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Studies