Third Series: Modernism(s)

Alchemy in the works of Thomas Mann and James Joyce

At the same time that renewed interest in alchemy and hermeticism was being explored in both Freudian and Jungian circles, the great masterpieces of literary Modernism burst on the scene. For both Thomas Mann and James Joyce, the alchemical reduction to the elements, facilitating the creation of new and original forms, becomes a profound metaphor for the dynamics of poeisis, of central concern in Doctor Faustus and Finnegans Wake.

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