Reading Dreams: The Interpretation of Dreams from Chaucer to Shakespeare
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.
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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.
Notes on the ContributorsAbbreviationsIntroduction11On the Borders of Middle English Dream Visions222Medical and Moral Authority in the Late Medieval Dream513Interpreting Dreams: Reflections on Freud, Milton, and Chaucer844Baring Bottom: Shakespeare and the Chaucerian Dream Vision995'The Interpretation of Dreams' in the Renaissance1256The 'Candy-Colored Clown': Reading Early Modern Dreams147Bibliography169Index187
