Reading Dreams: The Interpretation of Dreams from Chaucer to Shakespeare [Hardcover]

Peter Brown (Editor)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0198183631 | ISBN-13: 978-0198183631 | Publication Date: July 29, 1999 | Edition: 1

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.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"There is real variety in the approaches taken towards the subject to go along with the disparate matter of interpretation; and, given the subject, the work as a whole is remarkably free of theoretical jargon while still being theoretically informed."-Renaissance Quarterly

About the Author

Senior Lecturer in English Literature and Director of the Canterbury Centre for Medieval and 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)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 208 pages
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA; 1 edition (July 29, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0198183631
• ISBN-13: 978-0198183631
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 5.8 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 15.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,772,782 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)