Apuleius in European Literature - Cupid and Psyche Since 1650

This incisive entry in the Classical Presences series explores the afterlife and influence of Apuleius' tale of Cupid and Psyche in European literature and art from 1650 to the present.

Sommario

• Preface


• List of illustrations


• 1: Introduction


• 2: 'Cupid and Psyche' in France--1650-1815


• 3: 'Cupid and Psyche' in Germany--1750-1850


• 4: 'Cupid and Psyche' in English Romanticism and after


• 5: 'Cupid and Psyche' and the Victorians


• 6: 'Cupid and Psyche', Decadence, and Fairy Tales--1885-1905


• 7: 'Cupid and Psyche' in English since 1900


• Bibliography


• Index

Info autore

Stephen Harrison is Senior Research Fellow at Corpus Christi College, Oxford, and Professor of Latin Literature at the University of Oxford, where he has studied and worked since 1987. He has held visiting positions at Rome, Siena, Bergen, Copenhagen, Princeton IAS, Stanford, Tel-Aviv, Jerusalem, Dunedin, and Christchurch, and holds such posts currently at Trondheim and Stellenbosch. He is a member of the Academia Europaea, the Accademia Vergiliana di Mantova, the Norwegian Academy of Sciences, and the Polish Academy of Arts and Sciences.

Regine May is Associate Professor in Latin Language and Literature at the University of Leeds, where she has worked since 2006, after previously holding positions at the Universities of Oxford and Merton College (2004-6), Durham (2003-4), and Manchester (2001-3). Her DPhil from Oxford on Apuleius and Drama (2002) was supervised by Stephen Harrison and Peter G. McC Brown.

Riassunto

This incisive entry in the Classical Presences series explores the afterlife and influence of Apuleius' tale of Cupid and Psyche in European literature and art from 1650 to the present.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Stephen Harrison, Stephen (Professor of Latin Literature a Harrison, Regine May, May Regine
• Editore: Oxford University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 16.02.2024
• EAN: 9780192862983
• ISBN: 978-0-19-286298-3
• Pagine: 312
• Serie: Classical Presences
• Categorie: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Scienze linguistiche e letterarie > Letteratura / linguistica classica; LITERARY CRITICISM / Ancient & Classical, LITERARY CRITICISM / Renaissance, History of art / art & design styles, History of Art, Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900, Literary studies: classical, early & medieval, Literary studies: from c 1900 -, Literary studies: c 1500 to c 1800, Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000, Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval