Dreams, Visions, and the Rhetoric of Authority

In Dreams, Visions, and the Rhetoric of Authority, John Bickley explores the ways dreams and visions in literature function as authorizing devices, both affirming and complicating a text's authority. After providing a framework for categorizing the diverse genres and modes of dream and vision texts, Bickley demonstrates how the theme of authority and strategies for textual self-authorization play out in four highly influential works: the Book of Daniel, Macrobius's Commentary on the Dream of Scipio, Julian of Norwich's Revelations of Love, and Chaucer's Hous of Fame.

In Dreams, Visions si retorica autoritatii, John Bickley exploreaza modul in care visele si viziunile din literatura functioneaza ca dispozitive de autorizare, afirmand si complicand autoritatea unui text. Dupa ce a oferit un cadru pentru clasificarea diverselor genuri si moduri ale textelor de vis si viziune, Bickley demonstreaza modul in care tema autoritatii si strategiile de auto-autorizare textuala se desfasoara in patru lucrari extrem de influente: Cartea lui Daniel, Comentariul lui Macrobius asupra visului Scipio, Julian of Norwich's Revelations of Love si Chaucer's Hous of Fame.