The Oxford Book of Dreams

Erscheinungsjahr 2002
ISBN: 978-0-19-280385-6
Verlag: Oxford University Press

Buch, Englisch, 282 Seiten, Format (B × H): 128 mm x 196 mm, Gewicht: 320 g

From dreams realistic and reminiscent to the world of nightmare and phantasmagoria, from the bizarre and ridiculous to the perplexing and haunting, this anthology draws on the dreams of a wide variety of novelists, poets, playwrights, and others to explore the inexhaustible fascination of dreams and their power as a source of literary inspiration.

From dreams realistic and reminiscent to the world of nightmare and phantasmagoria, from the bizarre and ridiculous to the perplexing and haunting, this anthology draws on the dreams of a wide variety of novelists, poets, playwrights, and others to explore the inexhaustible fascination of dreams and their power as a source of literary inspiration.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Brook, Stephen

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Allgemeine Psychologie Bewusstseinszustände Schlaf- und Traumbewusstsein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

- Introduction

- Prologue

- I FROM BIRTH TO DEATH

- Love and Sex

- Old Age and Illness

- Death

- II EARTHLY THINGS

- Animals

- Travel and the Natural World

- Real People

- Creativity

- Violence

- Happy Endings

- III THE DREAM WORLD

- Nightmare

- The Absurd

- Transformations and Frustrations

- Religious

- Interpretations

- Waking

- Conclusion: A Few Reflections

- Acknowledgements

- Index

Über Autor(innen)

Stephen Brook has worked for publishers in both England and the United States, and is now a full-time writer. His books include New York Days, New York Nights, Honky-tonk Gelato: Travels Through Texas, and The Dordogne.