{"product_id":"dreams-paperback-13","title":"Dreams - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eOlive Schreiner\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eBarbara Black\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eCarly Newton Nations\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eDreams\u003c\/em\u003e is a work that defies conventional categorization; however, one might best capture its unique formal structure by construing it as a series of prose poems or narrative paintings, a starkly modern text inflected by the far older tradition of the medieval dream-vision poem. Though a work of prophecy, it proceeds with a light touch. The sequence of eleven dreams, loosely interlinked, leaves us to wrestle with our doubts; it takes up thorny questions that challenge a culture right where it may tend to be its proudest. The landscape of the work shifts as it moves among the African savannah, congested late-industrial London, and the olive tree-studded hillsides of Italy. The intersectionality of Schreiner's writing--its concern with gender, sexual orientation, class, nation, and race--makes her a particularly salient voice for today's students. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe appendices to this edition provide an accessible representation of Schreiner's key contexts, South African and British as well as American. The introduction features a biographical overview of a writer wrestling with questions of social justice pertinent to her own era yet relevant to our contemporary moment. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBarbara Black\u003c\/strong\u003e is Professor of English at Skidmore College and Graduate Faculty at The School of Letters, The University of the South. \u003cstrong\u003eCarly Nations\u003c\/strong\u003e is an M.A. graduate at The University of the South. \u003cstrong\u003eAnna Spydell\u003c\/strong\u003e is an M.A. candidate at The University of the South. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 204\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 8.4 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 22, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42156111855751,"sku":"9781554815647","price":38.81,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/b716705f97a5ea36abee189a9b315542.webp?v=1733241196","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/dreams-paperback-13","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}