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Chapter 1. Marvels and the Philosophy of Imagination

True Dreams, Prophecy, and Possession

Michelle Karnes

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Medieval Marvels and Fictions in the Latin West and Islamic World

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Frontmatter i
Contents vii
Note to the Reader ix
Introduction 1
Chapter 1. Marvels and the Philosophy of Imagination 27
Chapter 2. Marvels and the Philosophy of Imagination 58
Chapter 3. Philosophers’ Fables 83
Chapter 4. Imaginative Geography 112
Chapter 5. Marvelous Trials 142
Chapter 6. Mutatis Mirabilibus 180
Conclusion 204
Acknowledgments 211
Bibliography 215
Index 241

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Chapters in this book

Frontmatter i
Contents vii
Note to the Reader ix
Introduction 1
Chapter 1. Marvels and the Philosophy of Imagination 27
Chapter 2. Marvels and the Philosophy of Imagination 58
Chapter 3. Philosophers’ Fables 83
Chapter 4. Imaginative Geography 112
Chapter 5. Marvelous Trials 142
Chapter 6. Mutatis Mirabilibus 180
Conclusion 204
Acknowledgments 211
Bibliography 215
Index 241

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