Dreamwork
Book • 2023
Steven Connor's 'Dreamwork' examines dreams as cultural and imaginative practices, tracing their treatment across literature, art, and psychoanalytic theory.
The book considers how dreams function in creative processes, collective imaginaries, and personal narrative, connecting historical accounts with contemporary perspectives.
Connor blends close readings with theoretical reflection to show how dreaming mediates between unconscious depths and social expression.
He highlights the material and embodied aspects of dreaming as well as its role in knowledge production.
The work complements Connor's broader interest in imagination, poetics, and the tensions between rationality and reverie.
The book considers how dreams function in creative processes, collective imaginaries, and personal narrative, connecting historical accounts with contemporary perspectives.
Connor blends close readings with theoretical reflection to show how dreaming mediates between unconscious depths and social expression.
He highlights the material and embodied aspects of dreaming as well as its role in knowledge production.
The work complements Connor's broader interest in imagination, poetics, and the tensions between rationality and reverie.
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