Alchemical Hands in the Hypnerotomachia Poliphili

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Marcel Francon Unreviewed (LLM_ASSISTED)

Marcel Francon's research examines the HP's French reception and translation history, contributing to understanding of how the book crossed linguistic and cultural boundaries.

Works in Archive

Francesco Colonna's Poliphili Hypnerotomachia and Rabelais

The Modern Language Review 50:1 (1955) [book] Reception

Francon investigates the textual parallels between the HP and Rabelais's works, arguing that the French author drew directly on Colonna's descriptions of architecture, feasting, and ceremonial processions. The article identifies specific passages in Gargantua and Pantagruel that echo the HP's distinctive vocabulary and descriptive techniques. Francon contributes to understanding the HP's influence on the most important comic novelist of the French Renaissance.

Other Known Works

Francesco Colonna's Poliphili Hypnerotomachia and Pantagruel

Italica 31:3 (1954) [article]

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Review Status / Provenance

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