Printed book
Arv - Nordic Yearbook of Folklore Vol. 80 - 2024
Arne Bugge Amundsen (ed.)
Series Arv, 80
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- Published 2024
- Issn 0066-8176
- Arv, 80
- Type Hardcover
- 222 pages
- Swedish
Coming to Terms with Dreams in the Early Nineteenth Century
Abstract
The clergyman Pehr Stenberg (1758–1824) in his autobiography frequently relates his and other people’s dreams and attempts to interpret them and makes possible connections to actual happenings. As a scholar he is sceptical about their knowledge value but cannot reject them entirely, so he goes into exploratory discussions of the relation between dreams and reality. In this article the use of dream narratives in social interaction, his use of dreams as a rhetorical device, his reactions to his dreams and reflections about his reactions are studied, besides his ways of discussing the ontology of dreams.
Keywords
Dreams; dream narrative; autobiography; divination; personal narrative; Pehr Stenberg
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