Dreaming: Journal of the Association for the Study of Dreams Vol. 1 No. 1

by Ernest Hartmann (Editor-in-Chief)

Dreaming is a multidisciplinary journal, the only professional journal devoted specifically to dreaming. The journal publishes scholarly articles related to dreaming from any discipline and viewpoint. This includes biological aspects of dreaming and sleep/dream laboratory research; psychological articles of any kind related to dreaming; clinical work on dreams regardless of theoretical perspective (Freudian, Jungian, existential, eclectic, etc); anthropological, sociological, and philosophical articles related to dreaming; and articles about dreaming from any of the arts and humanities. All papers undergo peer review from three to six referee, both within and outside the discipline of the author.

Some article in Vol. 1 No 1:

Dreams That Work: The Relation of Dream Incorporation to Adaptation to Stressful Events by Rosalind D Cartwright

Dream Content: Random or Meaningful? by Gordon G Globus

Nightmares, Boundaries, and Creativity by Ross Levin, Jodi Galin, and Bill Zywiak

The Protagonist as Dreamer: The Dead Father in "The Merchant of Venice" by Kay Stockholder

107 pages, Hardcover

First published March 1, 1991

Reviews

[ben · Rating 5 out of 5]

The Nightmare articles were the most interesting while the Holocaust study provided some revealing data. The Shakespeare paper was somewhat of a disappointment as it came across as more disjointed than other literature articles I read back in college when I was doing my English degree.