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02539aam a2200421 i 4500 001 7B1CA15063F011E4A4D39B8FDAD10320 003 SILO 005 20141104010110 008 140502s2014 be a b 001 0 eng 020 $a 2503534813 020 $a 9782503534817 035 $a (OCoLC)838451646 040 $a NLM $b eng $e rda $c NLM $d ERASA $d BTCTA $d YDXCP $d EUW $d ZCU $d CHVBK $d UBY $d OCLCF $d SILO 042 $a nlmcopyc 050 14 $a PR1933.D74 $b L46 2014 100 1 $a Lenz, Tanya S., $e author. 245 10 $a Dreams, medicine, and literary practice : $b exploring the Western literary tradition through Chaucer / $c by Tanya S. Lenz. 264 1 $a Turnhout : $b Brepols, $c 2014. 300 $a 209 pages $b illustrations ; $c 24 cm. 490 1 $a Cursor Mundi ; $v 18 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 520 8 $a This volume explores the intersection of dreams, medicine, and literary practice in the poetry of Chaucer and influential literary works from antiquity through the late fourteenth century. An introductory exploration considers topics such as Asclepian dream healings of ancient Greece, Old English poetry, medieval mystics, and foundational works by Hippocrates, Aristotle, Galen, Avicenna, Macrobius, and others. Detailed analyses of a series of Chaucer's poems follow. Frequently incorporating and commenting on antecedent works, these late medieval poems span various genres including the dream-vision, the romance-tragedy, and the comic tale. Dreams and medicine are woven into the fabric of these texts, the author contends, revealing distinct and often surprising insights. One such insight is the 'double potential' of literary practice, medicine, and dreams - that is, each is capable of facilitating healing and wholeness yet equally capable of causing harm and disease. 600 12 $a Chaucer, Geoffrey, $d -1400. $2 [MeSH] 650 12 $a Medicine in Literature. $2 [MeSH] 650 22 $a Dreams. $2 [MeSH] 650 22 $a History, Ancient. $2 [MeSH] 650 22 $a History, Medieval. $2 [MeSH] 650 22 $a Poetry as Topic. $2 [MeSH] 600 10 $a Chaucer, Geoffrey, $d -1400 $x Criticism and interpretation. 650 0 $a Dreams in literature. 650 0 $a Medicine in literature. 650 0 $a Healing in literature. 650 0 $a Literature and medicine. 650 0 $a Poetry $x Psychological aspects. 830 0 $a Cursor mundi (Turnhout, Belgium) ; $v v.18. 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20180201030037.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=7B1CA15063F011E4A4D39B8FDAD10320Initiate Another SILO Locator Search