The Oxford Book of Dreams

by Brook, Stephen

• ISBN13: 9780192820143
• ISBN10: 0192820141
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1987-10-15
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

Dreams have been a source of delight and terror for as long as man has kept records of his thought. Whether they are the key to the unconscious, as Freud proposed, or a way of wiping clean the mental slate, as Dr. Francis Crick's recent theory suggests, they have filled the pages of numerous diaries and been an integral part of literary masterworks such as The Divine Comedy and Finnegan's Wake . In this rich anthology, Stephen Brook has collected hundreds of dreams recorded by authors, poets, psychologists, and common men since pre-Christian days. Ranging from Artemidorus's crude, 2nd-century analysis to Freud and Jung's dream psychology, and including works by Coleridge, Yeats, Tolstoy, D.H. Lawrence, Joseph Heller, and many other authors, The Oxford Book of Dreams offers an intriguing and varied sampling of man's collective unconscious.

Author Biography

About the Editor:
Stephen Brook, a reviewer and full-time writer, has worked for publishers in both the United States and England.

Table of Contents

Introduction
Prologue	p. 1
Children and Parents	p. 7
Love and Sex	p. 25
Old Age and Illness	p. 48
Death	p. 58
Food	p. 81
Animals	p. 88
Travel and the Natural World	p. 106
Real People	p. 123
Creativity	p. 132
Violence	p. 143
Happy Endings	p. 164
Into Sleep	p. 171
Nightmare	p. 175
The Absurd	p. 196
Transformations and Frustrations	p. 213
Religious	p. 223
Interpretations	p. 234
Waking	p. 244
Conclusion: A Few Reflections	p. 249
Acknowledgements	p. 259
Index	p. 267
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