Reading Dreams - The Interpretation of Dreams From Chaucer to Shakespeare

Zusatztext The volume includes its own review in the form of an introduction by A. C. Spearing (Medieval Dream Poetry), the scholar who introduced many to the whole subject of dreaming in medieval literature. It is an excellent summary of the book and analysis of the individual contributions Informationen zum Autor Senior Lecturer in English Literature and Director of the Canterbury Centre for Medieval & Tudor Studies at the University of Kent (1993)Visiting Professor in English Literature, University of California at Los Angeles (1992-93)Distinguished Visiting Professor in Medieval Studies, University of Connecticut at Storrs (1991-92)Visiting Assistant Professor, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (198283)Lecturer in English and American Literature, University of Kent at Canterbury (1977-93)Tutor in Medieval English Literature, University of Exeter (1976-77) Klappentext Medieval and Renaissance poetry and drama are some of the best resources we have in determining the importance dreams had in pre-Freudian society. For the first time, leading scholars have collaborated to produce new essays on the representation and interpretation of medieval and Renaissance dreams. Their essays, which range from Chaucer to Shakespeare, are designed to develop innovative approaches possible only in a specially commissioned collection. Zusammenfassung This volume contains seven essays on the representation and interpretation of medieval and Renaissance dreams. Chaucer and Shakespeare are important reference points and theoretical approaches are drawn from Freud, anthropology, social history and gender studies as well as from literary criticism. Inhaltsverzeichnis Editor's preface Notes on Contributors Introduction On the Borders of Middle English Dream Visions Medical and Moral Authority in the Late-Medieval Dream Intrepreting Dreams: Reflections on Freud, Milton, and Chaucer Baring Bottom: Shakespeare and the Chaucerian Dream Vision The Intrepretation of Dreams in the Renaissance The Candy-Colored Clown: Reading Early Modern Dreams Bibliography Index ...

Product details

• Authors: Peter Brown, Peter (Senior Lecturer in English Literatur Brown
• Assisted by: Peter Brown (Editor)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 20.05.1999
• EAN: 9780198183631
• ISBN: 978-0-19-818363-1
• No. of pages: 204
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies; English, LITERARY CRITICISM / Drama, LITERARY CRITICISM / Ancient & Classical, PSYCHOLOGY / Cognitive Psychology & Cognition, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / General, Psychology: states of consciousness, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Literary studies: classical, early & medieval, Literary studies: general, British Isles, Sleep & dreams, Literary studies: c 1500 to c 1800, Literary studies: c 1600 to c 1800, Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval, Shakespeare Studies & Criticism, Literary studies: plays and playwrights, Relating to Shakespeare / Shakespearean