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Dreaming the English Renaissance examines ideas about dreams, actual dreams people had and recorded, and the many ways dreams were used in the culture and politics of the Tutor/Stuart age in order to provide a window into the mental life and the most profound beliefs of people of the time.
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| Literature type: | Electronic Software eBook |
| Language: | English |
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http://www.palgraveconnect.com/doifinder/10.1057/9780230615731 |
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Dreaming the English Renaissance examines ideas about dreams, actual dreams people had and recorded, and the many ways dreams were used in the culture and politics of the Tutor/Stuart age in order to provide a window into the mental life and the most profound beliefs of people of the time. "Dreaming the English Renaissance is cultural history at its very best, providing unusual access into the hopes and fears of early modern men and women. A deeply rewarding read for anyone interested in the turbulent social, political, and religious world of Tudor and Stuart England." - James Shapiro, Columbia University "How often is a deeply researched, densely scholarly book also a page-turner? Carole Levin's mesmerizing account begins with Richard Haydock, the 'sleeping preacher' at the court of King James. Haydock analogized dreams to 'a stone cast into the water, from which arises prese |
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Ebook. Originally published in: 2008. |
| Carrier Form: | 224 p. |
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9781403960894 9780230615731 : 0230615732 : |
| CLC: | K561.3 |
| Contents: | Introduction * 1605, the Year of Three Dreams * Theorists and Practitioners: Dreaming About the Living and the Dead * Religion and Witchcraft * Sexuality and Power * Sacred Blood and Monarchy * The Royal Road to the Death of the King * The Use of Dreams as a Way to Understand History. |