Dreams, Visions, and the Rhetoric of Authority (Medieval Interventions)

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Table of Contents
Introduction: Dreams, Visions, and the Rhetoric
of Authority
	Dreams and Authority
	Emphasis and Scope
	Structure of the Study and Key Terms
	Notes
	References
Chapter 1: The Authority of Form: Dream and Vision Genres
	Authenticity and Artifice
	Authentic Dreams and Visions
	Literary Dreams and Visions
		Dream Sequences
		Dream Visions
	Macrobius’ Five Categories and Kruger’s Three-Fold Taxonomy
	Notes
	References
Chapter 2: Authorizing Strategies in the Dreams and
Visions of Daniel
	Introduction
		The Cultural Authority of the Book of Daniel
		The Daniel Tradition
		Historical and Literary Appropriations
		Intersecting Modes and Genres
		The Struggle for Cultural Authority
	The Dream Sequences of Daniel (Chapters 1–6)
		The Intellectual Elite
		Delegitimizing the Competition
		Dreaming of Authority
		Authorizing Humility and Humiliation
		The Power of the Written Word
	The Apocalyptic Visions of Daniel (Chapters 7–12)
		The Socio-Political Power of Apocalypse
		Universality v. Historical Moment: Apocalyptic Symbolism and Ex Eventu Prophecy
		The Rhetoric of Numbers
		Fear and Trembling: The Dreamer’s Authorizing Response
		A Cryptic Climax: Daniel’s Final Assertion of Authority
	Conclusion: Daniel’s Hierarchy of Authority
	Notes
	References
Chapter 3: Macrobius: Establishing the Authoritative
Philosophical Form
	Introduction
		Establishing the Authoritative Philosophical Form
		The Arbiters of Authority
	Defending the Dream Vision
		In Defense of (Dream) Fiction (Ch. I and II)
		Formal Authority: The Dream Vision as the Perfect Philosophical Form
	Defining the Dream Vision
		A Question of Authority: Macrobius’ Five Categories of Dreams
		Illegitimate Origins: Insomnium and Visum
		The Three Authoritative Dreams: Oraculum, Visio, and Somnium
		Aggregate Authority: The Dream Categories Applied
		Conclusion: Authoritative Dreamers and the Omnipresent Veil
	Notes
	References
Chapter 4: Julian of Norwich: The Authorizing Discourses
of the Medieval Visionary
	Introduction: Authenticity and Medieval Visionaries
	The Rhetoric of the Unlettyrde
	Aligning the Will
		Julian’s Three Desires
		Julian’s Sanctity
	Aligning the Intellect
		Intellectus and Ratio
		The Divinely Sanctioned/Sanctifying Editing Process
	Conclusion: Authorizing Discourses
	Notes
	References
Chapter 5: Fractured Authority: Chaucer’s Ironic Dream Vision
	Introduction: Fractured Authority in the Fourteenth Century
	The Ironic Dream Vision
		Ambiguity and the Ironic Dream Vision
		Chaucer’s Formative Form
	The House of Fame
		The Proem: Deference and Dismissal
		The First Invocation: Confusing the Heathen and the Heavenly
		The First Dream Account: Borrowed Legitimacy and Literary Digression
		Book II: Hybridity, Autobiographical Parody, and “Lewed” Language
		Book III: Illusion and Allusion
		The Conclusion(?): Indeterminate “Auctorite”
	Notes
	References
Conclusion: The Rhetoric of Authority
	Notes
	References
Appendix: Dream and Vision Genres
Index