{"product_id":"dreams-and-experience-in-classical-william-v-harris-9780674032972","title":"Dreams and Experience in Classical Antiquity","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom the Iliad to Aristophanes, from the gospel of Matthew to Augustine, Greek and Latin texts are constellated with descriptive images of dreams. Some are formulaic, others intensely vivid. The best ancient minds--Plato, Aristotle, the physician Galen, and others--struggled to understand the meaning of dreams. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith \u003ci\u003eDreams and Experience in Classical Antiquity\u003c\/i\u003e the renowned ancient historian William Harris turns his attention to oneiric matters. This cultural history of dreams in antiquity draws on both contemporary post-Freudian science and careful critiques of the ancient texts. Harris traces the history of characteristic forms of dream--description and relates them both to the ancient experience of dreaming and to literary and religious imperatives. He analyzes the nuances of Greek and Roman belief in the truth-telling potential of dreams, and in a final chapter offers an assessment of ancient attempts to understand dreams naturalistically. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHow did dreaming culture evolve from Homer's time to late antiquity? What did these dreams signify? And how do we read and understand ancient dreams through modern eyes? Harris takes an elusive subject and writes about it with rigor and precision, reminding us of specificities, contexts, and changing attitudes through history.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e William V. Harris\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0674032977\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780674032972\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Harvard University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/01\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 352\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.30h x 6.40w x 1.20d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/2009","brand":"William V. Harris","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44254731534591,"sku":"9780674032972","price":73.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_79d5e566-0577-41a3-9394-8087acbb3af1.jpg?v=1694614052","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/dreams-and-experience-in-classical-william-v-harris-9780674032972","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}