Introduction : lead into gold -- Visibilia -- Excursus : ambivalence -- Chemical nuptials -- Excursus : mercury -- A chemical couple -- Rumplestiltskin -- The sandman -- Excursus : counterfeiting -- Reading capital I alchemically -- Digital gold
Alchemical Mercury is the first comprehensive study to consider alchemy, from the past through the present and beyond, in relation to literary and visual theory
