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Dreaming in the Middle Ages /

052141069X

9780521410694

b711678

Dreaming in the Middle Ages /

[Book]

Steven F. Kruger.

New York, NY, USA :

Cambridge University Press,

1992.

xii, 254 pages :

illustrations ;

24 cm

Cambridge studies in medieval literature ;

14

Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-250) and index.

Introduction: Modern and medieval dreams -- Dreambooks and their audiences -- The doubleness and middleness of dreams -- the patristic dream -- From the fourth to the twelfth century -- Aristotle and the late-medieval dream -- Dreams and fiction -- Dreams and life.

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Medieval attitudes toward dreaming encompassed both deep fascination and strong suspicion. In Dreaming in the Middle Ages, Steven Kruger explores the ambivalence of the medieval dream through a close examination of philosophical, legal, and theological writings, as well as literary and autobiographical works. To place the medieval dream in its historical and cultural context, Kruger studies the development of theories of dreaming from late-antique Neoplatonic and patristic writers to the dream theorists of the late Middle Ages, and he situates these erudite and complex theories in relation to more popular treatments of dreaming like the Somniale Danielis. He considers previously neglected material, including an important dream vision by Nicole Oresme, and arrives at a new understanding of the literary genre of the dream vision. Finally, he asks how much we can discover about the medieval dreamer's "real-life" experience of dreaming, and looks to autobiographical accounts, particularly the dreams of conversion in Hermann of Cologne's Opusculum de conversione sua, to provide a partial answer. Dreaming in the Middle Ages presents a wide-ranging and challenging reinterpretation of the medieval dream, exploring an experience of crucial importance for our broader understanding of medieval culture.

Die Vision

Civilization, Medieval-- Psychological aspects.

Dreams-- History.

Dreams in literature.

Literature, Medieval-- History and criticism.

Visions in literature.

Dreams-- history

Literature, Medieval-- history.

Civilisation médiévale-- Aspect psychologique.

Littérature médiévale-- Histoire et critique.

Rêves dans la littérature.

Visions dans la littérature.

Civilisation médiévale.

Civilization, Medieval-- Psychological aspects.

Civilization, Medieval-- Psychological aspects.

Dreams-- History.

Dreams in literature.

Dreams in literature.

Dreams.

Dromen.

Geschichte 400-1500.

Letterkunde.

Literatur

Literature, Medieval-- History and criticism.

Literature, Medieval.

Littérature médiévale-- Thèmes, motifs.

Oniromancie-- Moyen âge.

Rêves-- Dans la littérature.

Rêves-- Moyen âge.

Traum

Traum

Traumdeutung

Visioenenliteratuur.

Vision-- Dans la littérature.

Visions-- Dans la littérature.

Visions in literature.

Visions in literature.

Kruger, Steven F.

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