Library of Babel
10370 Libro dei Sogni
Jorge Luis Borges. Edited and with an introduction by Jorge Luis Borges
1985 I ed. .
Language: Italian
If dreams are the earliest literary genre, a general history of dreams and of their influence on literature is justified, and this anthology may provide some material.
Created for the enjoyment of a curious reader, this hypothetical history is an exploration of the evolution and ramification of such an ancient genre, from the prophetic dreams of the East to the allegorical and satirical dreams of the Middle Ages, to the pure games imagined by Carroll and Kafka. And this history may also make a distinction between dreams invented while sleeping and those invented while awake. This book of dreams, which readers will dream about, includes night dreams and day dreams, which are a deliberate practice of our minds, as well as other dreams, the roots of which have been lost.