Stories we tell ourselves : "dream life" and "seeing things" / Michelle Herman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Herman, Michelle Rae.

Series:

Sightline books.

Sightline books : the Iowa series in literary nonfiction

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Dreams.

Visual perception.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (165 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Iowa City, Iowa : University of Iowa Press, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The two thought-provoking, extended essays that make up Stories We Tell Ourselves draw from the author's richly diverse experiences and history, taking the reader on a deeply pleasurable walk to several unexpectedly profound destinations. A steady accumulation of fascinating science, psychoanalytic theory, and cultural history-ranging as far and wide as neuro-ophthalmology, ancient dream interpretation, and the essential differences between Jung and Freud-is smoothly intermixed with vivid anecdotes, entertaining digressions, and a disarming willingness to risk everything in th

Contents:

CONTENTS; Acknowledgments; Dream Life; Seeing Things

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

1-60938-172-6

OCLC:

827208523