Dante’s Dream: A Jungian Psychoanalytical Approach

Gwenyth E. Hood

Published by Medieval Institute Publications 2021

Dante’s Dream

A Jungian Psychoanalytical Approach

Gwenyth E. Hood

Volume 30 in the series Research in Medieval and Early Modern Culture

https://doi.org/10.1515/9781501513725

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Archetypal images, Carl Jung believed, when elaborated in tales and ceremonies, shape culture’s imagination and behavior. Unfortunately, such cultural images can become stale and lose their power over the mind. But an artist or mystic can refresh and revive a culture’s imagination by exploring his personal dream-images and connecting them to the past. Dante Alighieri presents his Divine Comedy as a dream-vision, carefully establishing the date at which it came to him (Good Friday, 1300), and maintaining the perspective of that time and place, throughout the work, upon unfolding history. Modern readers will therefore welcome a Jungian psychoanalytical approach, which can trace both instinctual and spiritual impulses in the human psyche. Some of Dante’s innovations (admission of virtuous pagans to Limbo) and individualized scenes (meeting personal friends in the afterlife) more likely spring from unconscious inspiration than conscious didactic intent. For modern readers, a focus on Dante’s personal dream-journey may offer the best way into his poem.

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Gwenyth E. Hood, Marshall University, Huntington, West Virginia, USA.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	I
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	V
Abbreviations Publicly Available Download PDF	VII
Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Chapter 1 Dante, Dreams, Jung, and His Composition Process Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	23
Chapter 2 Young Dante and His Contemporaries Interpret Dreams Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	55
Chapter 3 The Anima and Divine Eros: Beatrice, Lady Philosophy, and Gemma Donati Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	77
Chapter 4 Three Beasts or Four in the Dark Wood: Dante and the Shadow of His Civilization Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	87
Chapter 5 Neutrals, Acheron, Limbo, Infants, and Virtuous Pagans Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	101
Chapter 6 Limbo and Change Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	111
Chapter 7 Shadows in Upper Hell: Francesca and Paolo, Ciacco, and Filippo Argenti Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	121
Chapter 8 Deeper Shadows: Brunetto Latini and Ugolino of Pisa Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	127
Chapter 9 From Satan, to Cato, to Christ: Virgil and the Reconciliation of Reason Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	141
Chapter 10 Beatrice, the Heavenly Spheres, and the Rose of Paradise Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	159
Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	165
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	179

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Language: English
Publisher: Medieval Institute Publications
Audience: Medievalists, scholars of Literary Studies and Psychology
Pages
- Front matter: 7
- Main content: 189
Keywords: Dante Alighieri; Dream; Vision; Analytical Psychology; C.G. Jung

eBook

Published: July 5, 2021
ISBN: 9781501513725

Hardcover

Published: July 5, 2021
ISBN: 9781501518225