realism of dream visions

Frontmatter -- PREFACE -- CONTENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- I. THE DREAM VISION FORM -- II. MEDIEVAL DREAM INTERPRETATION -- III. THE POETS ON THE INTERPRETATION OF DREAMS -- IV. DEFINING THE DREAM: MODERN LIGHT ON AN ANCIENT PROBLEM -- V. TWO DREAM ELEGIES: PEARL AND THE BOOK OF THE DUCHESS -- VI. CHAUCER'S FURTHER EXPERIMENTS WITH THE DREAM VISION -- VII. DREAMING IN PIERS PLOWMAN -- VIII. TWO LESSER DREAM VISIONS -- IX. THE DREAM AS A VEHICLE FOR ALLEGORY -- SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX -- Backmatter