dream vision

American  

noun

1. a conventional device used in narrative verse, employed especially by medieval poets, that presents a story as told by one who falls asleep and dreams the events of the poem.

   Dante's Divine Comedy exemplifies the dream vision in its most developed form.

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Etymology

Origin of dream vision

First recorded in 1905–10

Example Sentences

As Haitian politicians back home skirmished for power, Ms. Moïse, accused her husband’s killers of wanting “to assassinate the president’s dream, vision and ideas for the country.”

From New York Times • Jul. 21, 2021

When her uncle perceives in a dream vision that Vera is in trouble, Patrice knows she must set out for the city to find her and bring her home.

From Washington Post • Mar. 2, 2020

But the most direct antecedent of Big Mouth’s world of bawdy personifications might be the alliterative 14th-century dream vision poem Piers Plowman.

From Slate • Dec. 26, 2018

A dream vision of ’50s America, unmarred by racial tension, that was reportedly inspired by Mr. Berry’s return to the United States after a brief tour of Australia.

From New York Times • Mar. 19, 2017

Her dream vision zoomed to the porch of the farmhouse, where Octavian sat in a gilded chair that looked suspiciously like a throne.

From "Blood of Olympus" by Rick Riordan