Dreams, dreamers, and visions : the early modern Atlantic world / edited by Ann Marie Plane and Leslie Tuttle ; foreword by Anthony F.C. Wallace.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Plane, Ann Marie, 1964-

Tuttle, Leslie, 1967-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Dreams--North Atlantic Region--History--16th century.

Dreams.

Dreams--North Atlantic Region--History--17th century.

Dreams--North Atlantic Region--History--18th century.

Dream interpretation--North Atlantic Region--History--16th century.

Dream interpretation.

Dream interpretation--North Atlantic Region--History--17th century.

Dream interpretation--North Atlantic Region--History--18th century.

Visions--North Atlantic Region--History--16th century.

Visions.

Visions--North Atlantic Region--History--17th century.

Visions--North Atlantic Region--History--18th century.

North Atlantic Region--Civilization--16th century.

North Atlantic Region.

North Atlantic Region--Civilization--17th century.

North Atlantic Region--Civilization--18th century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (332 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, c2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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 forebears had done-and often using the dream-guides their predecessors had written-dreamers rejoiced in heralds of good fortune and consulted physicians, clerics, or practitioners of magic when their visions waxed ominous. Dreams, Dreamers, and Visions traces the role of dreams and related visionary experiences in the cultures within the Atlantic world from the late thirteenth to early seventeenth centuries, examining an era of cultural encounters and transitions through this unique lens.In the wake of Reformation-era battles over religious authority and colonial expansion into Asia, Africa, and the Americas, questions about truth and knowledge became particularly urgent and debate over the meaning and reliability of dreams became all the more relevant. Exploring both indigenous and European methods of understanding dream phenomena, this volume argues that visions were central to struggles over spiritual and political authority. Featuring eleven original essays, Dreams, Dreamers, and Visions explores the ways in which reports and interpretations of dreams played a significant role in reflecting cultural shifts and structuring historic change.Contributors: Emma Anderson, Mary Baine Campbell, Luis Corteguera, Matthew Dennis, Carla Gerona, María V Jordán, Luís Filipe Silvério Lima, Phyllis Mack, Ann Marie Plane, Andrew Redden, Janine Rivière, Leslie Tuttle, Anthony F. C. Wallace.

Contents:

Front matter

Contents

Foreword. Xanadu: Dreams of the Dark Side of Paradise / Wallace, Anthony F. C.

Introduction. The Literatures of Dreaming / Plane, Ann Marie / Tuttle, Leslie

PART I. European Theories, Politics, and Experiences of Dreaming

Chapter 1. The Inner Eye Early Modern Dreaming and Disembodied Sight / Campbell, Mary Baine

Chapter 2. Demons of Desire or Symptoms of Disease? Medical Theories and Popular Experiences of the ''Nightmare'' in Premodern England / Riviére, Janine

Chapter 3. Competition and Confirmation in the Iberian Prophetic Community. The 1589 Invasion of Portugal in the Dreams of Lucrecia de Leòn / Jordán, María V.

Chapter 4. The Peasant Who Went to Hell Dreams and Visions in Early Modern Spain / Corteguera, Luís R.

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 / Lima, Luís Filipe Silvério

PART II. Intercultural Encounter

Chapter 6. Flying Like an Eagle Franciscan and Caddo Dreams and Visions / Gerona, Carla

Chapter 7. Dream-Visions and Divine Truth in Early Modern Hispanic America / Redden, Andrew

Chapter 8. French Jesuits and Indian Dreams in Seventeenth-Century New France / Tuttle, Leslie

Chapter 9. ''My Spirit Found a Unity with This Holy Man'' / Anderson, Emma

PART III. The Eighteenth Century Prophecy and Revival

Chapter 10. The Unbounded Self Dreaming and Identity in the British Enlightenment / Mack, Phyllis

Chapter 11. Visions of Handsome Lake / Dennis, Matthew

Notes

Selected Bibliography

Contributors

Index

Acknowledgments

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780812208047

0812208048

OCLC:

857879004