Dream interpretation was a prominent feature of the intellectual and imaginative world of late antiquity, for martyrs and magicians, philosophers and theologians, polytheists and monotheists alike. Finding it difficult to account for the prevalence of dream-divination, modern sc…
Dream interpretation was a prominent feature of the intellectual and imaginative world of late antiquity, for martyrs and magicians, philosophers and theologians, polytheists and monotheists alike. Finding it difficult to account for the prevalence of dream-divination, modern sc…
"Might this be a dream?" In this book, distinguished philosopher J.J. Valberg approaches the familiar question about dream and reality by seeking to identify its subject matter: what is it that would be the dream if "this" were a dream? It turns out to be a subject matter that c…
Copyright; Table of Contents; Front Matter; Body; Back Matter. Ein erholsamer Schlaf ist nicht mehr selbstverständlich. Schlafmittel helfen nur kurzfristig und bergen enorme Risiken. Dieser Ratgeber erläutert die Ursachen der Schlafl osigkeit. Anschaulich stellen die Autoren di…
Dreams and modernity: a cultural history
by Lusty, Natalya, Groth, Helen
fromDirections in Cultural History
Dreams and modernity: a cultural history
by Lusty, Natalya, Groth, Helen
fromDirections in Cultural History
"Dreams and Modernity: A Cultural History explores the dream as a distinctively modern object of inquiry and as a fundamental aspect of identity and culture in the nineteenth and early twentieth century. While dreams have been a sustained object of fascination from the ancient w…
"Dreams and Modernity: A Cultural History explores the dream as a distinctively modern object of inquiry and as a fundamental aspect of identity and culture in the nineteenth and early twentieth century. While dreams have been a sustained object of fascination from the ancient w…
This volume explores the intersection of dreams, medicine, and literary practice in the poetry of Chaucer and influential literary works from antiquity through the late fourteenth century. An introductory exploration considers topics such as Asclepian dream healings of ancient G…