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Contents Foreword. Xanadu: Dreams of the Dark Side of Paradise anthony f. c. wallace vii Introduction: The Literatures of Dreaming ann marie plane and leslie tuttle 1 Part I. European Theories, Politics, and Experiences of Dreaming Chapter 1. The Inner Eye: Early Modern Dreaming and Disembodied Sight mary baine campbell 33 Chapter 2. Demons of Desire or Symptoms of Disease? Medical Theories and Popular Experiences of the ‘‘Nightmare’’ in Premodern England janine rivière 49 Chapter 3. Competition and Confirmation in the Iberian Prophetic Community: The 1589 Invasion of Portugal in the Dreams of Lucrecia de León marı́a v. jordán 72 Chapter 4. The Peasant Who Went to Hell: Dreams and Visions in Early Modern Spain luı́s r. corteguera 88 Chapter 5. Dreams and Prophecies: The Fifth Empire of Father Antonio Vieira and Messianic Visions of the Bragança Dynasty in Seventeenth-Century Portugal and Brazil luı́s filipe silvério lima (translated by anna luisa geselbracht) 104 vi Contents Part II. Intercultural Encounter Chapter 6. Flying Like an Eagle: Franciscan and Caddo Dreams and Visions carla gerona 125 Chapter 7. Dream-Visions and Divine Truth in Early Modern Hispanic America andrew redden 147 Chapter 8. French Jesuits and Indian Dreams in Seventeenth-Century New France leslie tuttle 166 Chapter 9. ‘‘My Spirit Found a Unity with This Holy Man’’: A Nun’s Visions and the Negotiation of Pain and Power in Seventeenth-Century New France emma anderson 185 Part III. The Eighteenth Century: Prophecy and Revival Chapter 10. The Unbounded Self: Dreaming and Identity in the British Enlightenment phyllis mack 207 Chapter 11. Visions of Handsome Lake: Seneca Dreams, Prophecy, and the Second Great Awakening matthew dennis 226 Notes 245 Selected Bibliography 301 List of Contributors 305 Index 309 Acknowledgments 317 ...