Dreams, Dreamers, and Visions : The Early Modern Atlantic World /

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In Europe and North and South America during the early modern period, people believed that their dreams might be, variously, messages from God, the machinations of demons, visits from the dead, or visions of the future. Interpreting their dreams in much the same ways as their ancient and medieval fo...

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Otros Autores: Anderson, Emma (Contribuidor), Campbell, Mary Baine (Contribuidor), Corteguera, Luís R. (Contribuidor), Dennis, Matthew (Contribuidor), Gerona, Carla (Contribuidor), Jordán, María V. (Contribuidor), Lima, Luís Filipe Silvério (Contribuidor), Mack, Phyllis (Contribuidor), Plane, Ann Marie (Contribuidor, Editor ), Redden, Andrew (Contribuidor), Riviére, Janine (Contribuidor), Tuttle, Leslie (Contribuidor, Editor ), Wallace, Anthony F. C. (Contribuidor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2013]
Temas:
Dream interpretation > North Atlantic Region > History > 16th century.
Dream interpretation > North Atlantic Region > History > 17th century.
Dream interpretation > North Atlantic Region > History > 18th century.
Dreams > North Atlantic Region > History > 16th century.
Dreams > North Atlantic Region > History > 17th century.
Dreams > North Atlantic Region > History > 18th century.
Visions > North Atlantic Region > History > 16th century.
Literature.
HISTORY / Renaissance.
American History.
American Studies.
Cultural Studies.
European History.
History.
World History.
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  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Foreword. Xanadu: Dreams of the Dark Side of Paradise
  • Introduction. The Literatures of Dreaming
  • PART I. European Theories, Politics, and Experiences of Dreaming
  • Chapter 1. The Inner Eye Early Modern Dreaming and Disembodied Sight
  • Chapter 2. Demons of Desire or Symptoms of Disease? Medical Theories and Popular Experiences of the ''Nightmare'' in Premodern England
  • Chapter 3. Competition and Confirmation in the Iberian Prophetic Community. The 1589 Invasion of Portugal in the Dreams of Lucrecia de Leòn
  • Chapter 4. The Peasant Who Went to Hell Dreams and Visions in Early Modern Spain
  • Chapter 5. Dreams and Prophecies. The Fifth Empire of Father Antonio Vieira and Messianic Visions of the Bragança Dynasty in Seventeenth-Century Portugal and Brazil
  • PART II. Intercultural Encounter
  • Chapter 6. Flying Like an Eagle Franciscan and Caddo Dreams and Visions
  • Chapter 7. Dream-Visions and Divine Truth in Early Modern Hispanic America
  • Chapter 8. French Jesuits and Indian Dreams in Seventeenth-Century New France
  • Chapter 9. ''My Spirit Found a Unity with This Holy Man''
  • PART III. The Eighteenth Century Prophecy and Revival
  • Chapter 10. The Unbounded Self Dreaming and Identity in the British Enlightenment
  • Chapter 11. Visions of Handsome Lake
  • Notes
  • Selected Bibliography
  • Contributors
  • Index
  • Acknowledgments

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