Dreams, dreamers, and visions : the early modern Atlantic world

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Dreams, dreamers, and visions : the early modern Atlantic world

edited by Ann Marie Plane and Leslie Tuttle ; foreword by Anthony F. C. Wallace

University of Pennsylvania Press, c2013

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Includes bibliographical references ([301]-304) and index

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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, Maria V Jordan, Luis Filipe Silverio Lima, Phyllis Mack, Ann Marie Plane, Andrew Redden, Janine Riviere, Leslie Tuttle, Anthony F. C. Wallace.

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Foreword. Xanadu: Dreams of the Dark Side of Paradise -Anthony F. C. Wallace Introduction: The Literatures of Dreaming -Ann Marie Plane and Leslie Tuttle I. EUROPEAN THEORIES, POLITICS, AND EXPERIENCES OF DREAMING Dreaming Chapter 1. The Inner Eye: Early Modern Dreaming and Disembodied Sight -Mary Baine Campbell Chapter 2. Demons of Desire or Symptoms of Disease? Medical Theories and Popular Experiences of the "Nightmare" in Premodern England -Janine Riviere Chapter 3. Competition and Confirmation in the Iberian Prophetic Community: The 1589 Invasion of Portugal in the Dreams of Lucrecia de Leon -Maria V. Jordan Chapter 4. The Peasant Who Went to Hell: Dreams and Visions in Early Modern Spain -Luis R. Corteguer Chapter 5. Dreams and Prophecies: The Fifth Empire of Father Antonio Vieira and Messianic Visions of the Braganca Dynasty in Seventeenth-Century Portugal and Brazil -Luis Filipe Silverio Lima (trans. Anna Luisa Geselbracht) II. INTERCULTURAL ENCOUNTER Chapter 6. Flying Like an Eagle: Franciscan and Caddo Dreams and Visions -Carla Gerona Chapter 7. Dream-Visions and Divine Truth in Early Modern Hispanic America -Andrew Redden Chapter 8. French Jesuits and Indian Dreams in Seventeenth-Century New France -Leslie Tuttle Chapter 9. "My Spirit Found a Unity with This Holy Man": A Nun's Visions and the Negotiation of Pain and Power in Seventeenth-Century New France -Emma Anderson III. THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY: PROPHECY AND REVIVAL Chapter 10. The Unbounded Self: Dreaming and Identity in the British Enlightenment -Phyllis Mack Chapter 11. Visions of Handsome Lake: Seneca Dreams, Prophecy, and the Second Great Awakening -Matthew Dennis Notes Selected Bibliography List of Contributors Index Acknowledgments

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