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This volume explores the intricate art of interpreting dream symbols by tracing the evolution of oneirocritical traditions across Asia, the Middle East, and the Latin West. Spanning the classical, medieval, and modern periods, it reveals how diverse cultures have used dreambooks to translate imagined realities into personal insight. A collection of scholarly essays, this volume vividly portrays humanityâs enduring fascination with dreams as profound sources of knowledgeârooted in the past, experienced in the present, and foreshadowing the future. Also included is the âConspectus of the Western Manuscripts and Early Printed Editions of the Somniale Danielis,â an essential reference for next generations of scholars.
Contributors are Valerio Cappozzo, Gabriela Cerghedean, LaÌszlo SaÌndor Chardonnens, Lorenzo DiTommaso, Boyda Johnstone, Jesse Keskiaho, Pierre Lory, Bronwen Neil, Steven Oberhelman, Lotte Reinbold, and Brigid E. Vance.
Contributors are Valerio Cappozzo, Gabriela Cerghedean, LaÌszlo SaÌndor Chardonnens, Lorenzo DiTommaso, Boyda Johnstone, Jesse Keskiaho, Pierre Lory, Bronwen Neil, Steven Oberhelman, Lotte Reinbold, and Brigid E. Vance.
Valerio Cappozzo, Ph.D. (2012), Indiana University, is Associate Professor of Modern Languages and Director of the Italian program at The University of Mississippi. He has published monographs, translations, transcriptions, and many articles on dream interpretation in the Middle Ages, including the Medieval Dream Dictionary: Dizionario dei sogni nel Medioevo. Il Somniale Danielis in manoscritti letterari (Leo S. Olschki, 2018).
List of Figures
Notes on Contributors
Introduction: Predicting the Past
âValerio Cappozzo
1 Interpreting Dreams: the Reception and Use of Dreambooks in the Early Middle Ages
âJesse Keskiaho
2 The Influence of Gender on Dream Readings in Early Byzantine and Islamic Dreambooks
âBronwen Neil
3 Dreams in Islam: a Possible Mystical Experience?
âPierre Lory
4 Oneiric Discourse in the Spanish Middle Ages
âGabriela Cerghedean
5 The Newly Discovered Italian Tradition of the Somniale Danielis
âValerio Cappozzo
6 Possessed by Dreams: Dream Interpretation Manuals in Late Medieval England
âBoyda Johnstone
7 ââWhether or not/these things Are hopeless,/it will tell me soââ: Chaucerian Dream Poetry and the Medieval Dream-Book
âLotte Reinbold
8 Divining and Organizing the Past: Dream Encyclopedic Knowledge in China
âBrigid E. Vance
9 Divination and Oneiromancy in Codex 1275 of the National Library of Greece
âSteven M. Oberhelman
10 Conspectus of the Western Manuscripts and Early Printed Books of the Somniale Danielis
âLorenzo DiTommaso and László Sándor Chardonnens
Index
Notes on Contributors
Introduction: Predicting the Past
âValerio Cappozzo
1 Interpreting Dreams: the Reception and Use of Dreambooks in the Early Middle Ages
âJesse Keskiaho
2 The Influence of Gender on Dream Readings in Early Byzantine and Islamic Dreambooks
âBronwen Neil
3 Dreams in Islam: a Possible Mystical Experience?
âPierre Lory
4 Oneiric Discourse in the Spanish Middle Ages
âGabriela Cerghedean
5 The Newly Discovered Italian Tradition of the Somniale Danielis
âValerio Cappozzo
6 Possessed by Dreams: Dream Interpretation Manuals in Late Medieval England
âBoyda Johnstone
7 ââWhether or not/these things Are hopeless,/it will tell me soââ: Chaucerian Dream Poetry and the Medieval Dream-Book
âLotte Reinbold
8 Divining and Organizing the Past: Dream Encyclopedic Knowledge in China
âBrigid E. Vance
9 Divination and Oneiromancy in Codex 1275 of the National Library of Greece
âSteven M. Oberhelman
10 Conspectus of the Western Manuscripts and Early Printed Books of the Somniale Danielis
âLorenzo DiTommaso and László Sándor Chardonnens
Index
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