1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910786560003321

Autore

Angelidē Christina

Titolo

Dreaming in Byzantium and beyond / / Christine Angelidi and George T. Calofonos

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Surrey, England ; ; Burlington, Vermont : , : Ashgate, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

1-315-57806-9

1-317-14815-0

1-317-14814-2

1-4724-3305-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (256 p.)

Disciplina

949.5/02072

Soggetti

Dream interpretation - Byzantine Empire

Dreams - Byzantine Empire

Byzantine literature - History and criticism

Christian literature, Byzantine - History and criticism

Dreams in literature

Christian hagiography

Byzantine Empire Historiography Psychological aspects

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; Prologue; List of Contributors; Note on the Spelling of Names; Abbreviations; 1 Dreaming in the Life of Cyril Phileotes; 2 The Morphology of Healing Dreams: Dream and Therapy in Byzantine Collections of Miracle Stories; 3 Ecstasy as a Form of Visionary Experience in Early Byzantine Monastic Literature; 4 The Heavenly City: Religious and Secular Visions of the Other World in Byzantine Literature; 5 A Little Revelation for Personal Use; 6 Prokopios' Dream Before the Campaign Against Libya: A Reading of Wars 3.12.1-5; 7 Dream Narratives in the  Continuation of Theophanes

8 The Historiography of Dreaming in Medieval Byzantium9 The Dream-Key Manuals of Byzantium; 10 Byzantine and Islamic Dream Interpretation: A Comparative Approach to the Problem of 'Reality' vs



'Literary Tradition'; 11 Fluid Dreams, Solid Consciences: Erotic Dreams in Byzantium; 12 Gender Ambiguity in Dreams of Conversion, Prophecy and Creativity; 13 Psychoanalysis and Byzantine Oneirographia; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This book - the first collection of studies on Byzantine dreams to be published - aims to demonstrate the importance of closely examining dreams in Byzantium in their wider historical and cultural, as well as narrative, context. The remarkable number of dream narratives in Byzantine hagiography, historiography, rhetoric, epistolography, and romance attests to the cardinal function of dreams as vehicles of meaning in politics, religion and literature. The essays provide a broad variety of perspectives, exploring gender, eroticism, Greco-Roman and Islamic influences, psychoanalysis and anthropol

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910795837903321

Autore

James Oliver

Titolo

The Entrepreneurial Adventure : From Small Business to SME and Beyond

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Business Expert Press, , 2022

©2022

ISBN

1-63742-280-6

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (172 pages)

Collana

Entrepreneurship and small business management collection

Disciplina

658.421

Soggetti

Entrepreneurship

New business enterprises

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Cover -- Halftitle -- Title -- Copyright -- Description -- Contents -- Preface -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: Is This Option Right for You? -- Chapter 3: How Can You Grow Your Business? -- Chapter 4: Stakeholders -- Chapter 5: Uncertainty, Risk, and Change -- Chapter 6: Short-, Medium-, and Long-Term Planning -- Chapter 7: Networking and Social Media -- Chapter 8: Marketing -- Chapter 9: Understanding Key Financial Statements -- Chapter 10: Managing Expansion -- Chapter 11: Understanding Resources -- Chapter 12: Process



Management -- Chapter 13: Trading in Other Countries and Trading Blocs -- Chapter 14: Conclusions -- Bibliography -- About the Author -- Index -- Adpage -- Backcover.

Sommario/riassunto

This book is perfect for anyone looking at business and entrepreneurship. It is ideal for anyone with an interest in business and anyone who has aspirations to start their own business--outlining key principles of the entrepreneurial adventure and the business world, bringing it to life using case studies. Within this text you will find useful and practical information about business and entrepreneurship. James provides a robust understanding of the theory and real-world implications of running a successful business. He also describes and explains the whole process from understanding the implications and risks, the start-up stage through to future expansion.