This is an exploration of humanity's universal visual vocabulary, a resource of iconographic images and thematic symbolism. It includes such ancient signs as the circle, the cross, the heart and the star as well as complex abstracts such as the mother, the cave, the dragon, the …
Nabokov's dream diary, published for the first time--and placed in biographical and literary context. On October 14, 1964, Vladimir Nabokov, a lifelong insomniac, began a curious experiment. Over the next eighty days, immediately upon waking, he wrote down his dreams, following …
First publication of an index-card diary in which Nabokov recorded sixty-four dreams and subsequent daytime episodes, allowing the reader a glimpse of his innermost life.
First publication of an index-card diary in which Nabokov recorded sixty-four dreams and subsequent daytime episodes, allowing the reader a glimpse of his innermost life.
First publication of an index-card diary in which Nabokov recorded sixty-four dreams and subsequent daytime episodes, allowing the reader a glimpse of his innermost life
First publication of an index-card diary in which Nabokov recorded sixty-four dreams and subsequent daytime episodes, allowing the reader a glimpse of his innermost life.
Nabokov's dream diary, published for the first time--and placed in biographical and literary context. On October 14, 1964, Vladimir Nabokov, a lifelong insomniac, began a curious experiment. Over the next eighty days, immediately upon waking, he wrote down his dreams, following …
"Dreams and visions in literature inherently suggest access to a divine or transcendent authority. Whether including a brief dream sequence within a larger narrative or framing a narrative within a dream, authors often depict the ultimate sources of their texts' dreams and visio…
Introduction -- Andrew Becker's four levels of ekphrasis in Franz Sternbalds Wanderungen -- Dynamic und static ekphrasis in "Die Gemälde" -- Palaces, sculptures, dreams and hallucinations in "Die Freunde" (1797), "Der Runenberg" (1804), "Die Elfen" (1812), "Liebeszauber" (1812),…
This wide-ranging collection makes available to specialists and nonspecialists alike important critical work on the Odyssey produced during the last half century. The ten essays address five major concerns: the poem's programmatic representation of social and religious instituti…
"This book presents new directions in contemporary anthropological dream research, surveying recent theorizations of dreaming that are developing both in and outside of anthropology. It incorporates new findings in neuroscience and philosophy of mind while demonstrating that dre…
"This book presents new directions in contemporary anthropological dream research, surveying recent theorizations of dreaming that are developing both in and outside of anthropology. It incorporates new findings in neuroscience and philosophy of mind while demonstrating that dre…
