Philosophy, dreaming and the literary imagination / Michaela Schrage-Früh.
2016
BF1078
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Title
Philosophy, dreaming and the literary imagination / Michaela Schrage-Früh.
ISBN
9783319407241 (electronic book)
3319407244 (electronic book)
9783319407234
3319407236
3319407244 (electronic book)
9783319407234
3319407236
Published
Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan 2016.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource
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BF1078
Dewey Decimal Classification
154.63
Summary
This book explores the intersections between dreaming and the literary imagination, in light of the findings of recent neurocognitive and empirical research, with the aim to lay a groundwork for an empirically informed aesthetic of dreaming. Drawing on perspectives from literary theory, philosophy of mind and dream research, this study investigates dreaming in relation to creativity and waking states of imagination such as writing and reading stories. Exploring the similarities and differences between the 'language' of dreams and the language of literature, it analyses the strategies employed by writers to create a sense of dream in literary fiction as well as the genres most conducive to this endeavour. The book closes with three case studies focusing on texts by Kazuo Ishiguro, Clare Boylan and John Banville to illustrate the diverse ways in which writers succeed in 'translating' the experience and 'language' of the dream. .
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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