19th Century Alchemy in Literature: Nathaniel Hawthorne to W.B. Yeats

One of the secret undercurrents of the literature of the American Renaissance in the mid 19th century is the fascination with alchemy, which one finds in the work of Nathaniel Hawthorne—most famously in his short stories “The Birth Mark,” and “Rappacini’s Daughter.” By the end of the century, the ‘Occult Renaissance’ came to full flower in the poetry and visionary writings of W.B. Yeats, in the circles of the Golden Dawn.

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