Apuleius in European Literature: Cupid and Psyche since 1650 by Stephen Harrison

Description: Apuleius in European Literature by Stephen Harrison, Regine May 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. FORMAT Hardcover CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description The story of Cupid and Psyche is first known through the Latin novel Metamorphoses or The Golden Ass by the second-century AD writer Apuleius--one of the few Latin fictions from Roman antiquity to have survived in its entirety. Apuleius in European Literature: Cupid and Psyche since 1650 examines the reception of the long two-book romantic story of Cupid and Psyche in European literature from 1650 to the present day, with some attention alsodevoted to fine art and opera across this period.Stephen Harrison and Regine May argue that Cupid and Psyche had a broad and profound influence on certain important and specific areas of Europeanculture; it was appropriated and adapted to suit particular cultural and generic contexts, especially the development of the fairy tale. This constitutes an important strand of the more general reception of the ancient novel, since the tale of Cupid and Psyche is arguably the most famous section of any fiction from Greece or Rome.Apuleius story has enjoyed an extraordinarily rich reception throughout the five centuries from its rediscovery in the Renaissance to thepresent day. Previous studies of this reception have focused on the tales prominence in Renaissance art and literature, or otherwise on its status in the German Romantic period. This book goes further andwider, ranging across literary genres in English, French, German and Dutch, encompassing poetry and drama as well as prose fiction, and covering all the key elements of the tales reception from 1650 to the present. We hereby rediscover a tale that today remains as relevant and ripe for appropriation as ever. Author Biography 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 Vergilianadi 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 since2006, 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. Table of Contents PrefaceList of illustrations1: Introduction2: Cupid and Psyche in France--1650-18153: Cupid and Psyche in Germany--1750-18504: Cupid and Psyche in English Romanticism and after5: Cupid and Psyche and the Victorians6: Cupid and Psyche, Decadence, and Fairy Tales--1885-19057: Cupid and Psyche in English since 1900BibliographyIndex Details ISBN0192862987 Author Regine May Publisher Oxford University Press Series Classical Presences Year 2024 ISBN-13 9780192862983 Format Hardcover Publication Date 2024-02-16 Imprint Oxford University Press Subtitle Cupid and Psyche since 1650 Place of Publication Oxford Country of Publication United Kingdom Illustrations 10 black and white illustrations UK Release Date 2024-02-16 ISBN-10 0192862987 AU Release Date 2024-05-09 Audience Professional & Vocational Pages 320 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:160486017;

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