Suggested Reading


Allen, Brooke. "Leaving Behind Daydreams for Nightmares"The Wall Street Journal,
October 11, 1995, p. 12

Culler, Jonathan. Literary Theory : A Very Short Introduction. Oxford : Oxford UP. 1997.

Freud, Sigmund. The Interpretation of Dreams. Oxford : Oxford UP. 1999.

Ishiguro, Kazuo. The Remains of the Day. New York: Vintage Books, Oct 1993.

Ishiguro, Kazuo. The Unconsoled. New York: Knopf 1995

Jung, CG. Dreams. New Jersey : Princeton UP. 1974.

Hartmann, Ernest. Dreams and Nightmares. Cambridge: Perseus Publishing. 1998

Kleffel, Rick. "Interview with Kazuo Ishiguro". San Francisco: KQED (April 25, 2005).

Passaro, Vince. "The Unconsoled". Harpers Magazine. Oct 1995. v291.

Robbins, Bruce. "Very Busy Just Now: Globalization and Harriedness in Ishiguro’s The Unconsoled" Contemporary Literature Vol 53. Iss 4(Fall 2001)

Schater, Daniel L. “Specificty of Priming: A Cognitive Neuroscience PerspectiveNature Reviews Volume 5. November 2004.

States, Bert O. “Dreams, Art and Virtual WorldmakingASD Journal of Dreaming. Art. 13.

Wood, James. "The Unconsoled" The New Republic. Oct 16, 2003.

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Salvaldor Dali Persistence of Memory

James Koehnline Blue Graphic

Charlotte LaRoy Miscommunication

Edward Munch Scream

Edward Munch Anxiety, 1894

Raphael Angels

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