Reading Dreams
The Interpretation of Dreams from Chaucer to Shakespeare
Edited by Peter Brown
Price: £54.00 (hardback)
ISBN-13: 978-0-19-818363-1
Publication date: 20 May 1999
208 pages, 216x138 mm
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| Reviews |
| - 'This is a stimulating, wide-ranging collection of essays' - Modern Language Review
- 'For those interested in medieval and early modern dreams, this book will be essential reading' - Sixteenth Century Journal
- 'This volume is an important addition to the literature in what it says about our own fascination with dreams and how we view them in our own time from our own perspectives' - Eileen Gardiner, The Medieval Review
- 'Any student of medieval literature, any student of Chaucer, and particularly any student of dreaming in Chaucer should consult this volume' - Eileen Gardiner, The Medieval Review
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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
' - Eileen Gardiner, The Medieval Review
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| Description | | - Contributions from distinguished scholars with expertise in the field of dreams in English literature
- New and detailed research into Medieval and Renaissance study of dreams
- 'Medieval' and 'Renaissance' treated as continuous periods
- Rich mix of contextual material
| Reading Dreams
contains seven new essays, based on new research, on the representation and interpretation of medieval and Renaissance dreams. The textual focus is both literary and non-literary. Chaucer and Shakespeare are important reference-points, while Langland, the Pearl
-poet and Milton receive significant coverage. Diaries, philosophical texts, polemical writings, works on dream
theory and medical treatises are also extensively used. The methodology is a mixture of close reading, detailed comparison and contextualising. Theoretical approaches are drawn from Freud, anthropology, social history and gender studies as well as from literary criticism.
This is the first time that English-speaking scholars have collaborated to produce a book about medieval and Renaissance
dreams. Their essays are designed to develop innovative and novel approaches of a variety and range possible only in a specially commissioned collection of essays. At the same time, there are recurrent preoccupations, such as the relationship of theory to text, and the status of dreams as historical evidence. The authors open up new areas of enquiry, and suggest and exemplify possible approaches.
In so doing, and by including three scholars who have written acclaimed works on medieval dreams (A. C. Spearing, Kathryn Lynch and Steven Kruger), Reading Dreams
will provide an authoritative advance on previous studies. It also represents a new departure by extending the debate across the medieval and Renaissance periods.
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| Contents |
Editor's preface
Notes on Contributors
Introduction
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A. C. Spearing
On the Borders of Middle English Dream Visions
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Peter Brown
Medical and Moral Authority in the Late-Medieval Dream
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Steven Kruger
Interpreting Dreams: Reflections on Freud, Milton, and Chaucer
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David Aers
Baring Bottom: Shakespeare and the Chaucerian Dream Vision
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Kathryn Lynch
The Interpretation of Dreams in the Renaissance
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Peter Holland
The Candy-Colored Clown: Reading Early Modern Dreams
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Kathleen McLuskie
Bibliography
Index
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| Authors, editors,
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Edited by Peter Brown, Senior Lecturer in English Literature, and Director of the Canterbury Center for Medieval, and Tudor Studies, University of Kent
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