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Dreaming of Cockaigne : medieval fantasies of the perfect life
- Title
- Dreaming of Cockaigne : medieval fantasies of the perfect life / Herman Pleij ; translated by Diane Webb.
- Author
- Pleij, Herman.
- Publication
- New York : Columbia University Press, c2001.
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Details
- Additional Authors
- Webb, Diane.
- Description
- ix, 533 p. : ill.; 24 cm.
- Uniform Title
- Dromen van Cocagne. English
- Alternative Title
- Dromen van Cocagne.
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 489-514) and index.
- Contents
- Pt. 1. The forfeiture of happiness, the beginning: Paradise lost -- Contours of a book -- The power of literature -- pt.2. Texts as maps: Rhyming Texts L and B, Prose Text G -- The two rhyming texts on the land of Cockaigne -- Recitation and writing -- Oral structures in writing -- The existing potential -- The prose text of Luilekkerland -- pt. 3. Eating to forget: Eating habits -- Hunger and scarcity -- The topos of hunger -- The intoxicating effect of fasting -- Gorging in self-defense -- Food in motion -- Literary refreshment -- pt. 4. Paradise refurbished: The land of Cockaigne as paradise -- Never say die -- Heavenly rewards -- Other paradises -- Lovely places, golden ages -- Wonder gardens and pleasure parks -- Dreams of immortality -- pt. 5. The imagination journeys forth: Geographical musings -- Real dreamworlds -- Wonders of east and west -- Fanciful destinations -- Virtual dreamlands -- pt. 6. Heretical excesses: The thousand-year reign of peace and prosperity -- Heresies of the free spirit -- Sex Adam-and-Eve style -- Low-country heterodoxy -- pt. 7. Learning as a matter of survival: Didactic differences -- Topsy-turvy worlds -- Hard times -- Moderation, ambition, and decorum -- Lessons in pragmatism -- pt. 8. Dreaming of Cockaigne, the end: The name Cockaigne -- A depreciated cultural asset -- From countryside to town -- The necessity of fiction.
- Call Number
- JFE 03-11285
- ISBN
- 0231117027 (cloth : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 00051916
- OCLC
- 45363850
- Author
- Pleij, Herman.
- Title
- Dreaming of Cockaigne : medieval fantasies of the perfect life / Herman Pleij ; translated by Diane Webb.
- Imprint
- New York : Columbia University Press, c2001.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 489-514) and index.
- Added Author
- Webb, Diane.
- Research Call Number
- JFE 03-11285