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Auteur(s) : Harrisson, Juliette
Titre(s) : Dreams and dreaming in the Roman Empire [Texte imprimé] : cultural memory and imagination / Juliette Harrisson
Publication : London : Bloomsbury, cop. 2013
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (309 p.) : ill. ; 24 cm
Note(s) : Bibliographie p. [290]-304. Index. Tables
Texte remanié de : PhD thesis : University of Birmingham : 2010
This volume offers a fresh approach to the study of ancient dreams by asking not what
the ancients dreamed or how they experienced dreaming, but why the Romans considered
dreams to be important and worthy of recording. Dream reports from historical and
imaginative literature from the high point of the Roman Empire (the first two centuries
AD) are analysed as objects of cultural memory, records of events of cultural significance
that contribute to the formation of a group's cultural identity. The book also introduces
the term 'cultural imagination', as a tool for thinking about ancient myth and religion,
and avoiding the question of 'belief', which arises mainly from creed-based religions.
The book's conclusion compares dream reports in the Classical world with modern attitudes
towards dreams and dreaming, identifying distinctive features of both the world of
the Romans and our own culture
Sujet(s) : Rêves -- Interprétation -- Rome
Rêves -- Interprétation -- Antiquités
Rêves -- Dans la littérature
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 978-1-44117-633-2 (rel.)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb43623128q
Notice n° :
FRBNF43623128
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