Chaos Blackens, Dawn Whitens, The Resplendent Flame Purifies . . . An Alchemical View of Gérard de Nerval's Tale Le Marquis de Fayoll

An alchemical analysis of Le Marquis de Fayolle in which the characters and events evolve in accordance with the three main transformatory phases that alchemists have depicted in terms of color: Chaos Blackens, Dawn Whitens, the Resplendent flame Purifies. (BK)