Event Host: Department of Classics
Short Description: This talk considers the extensive reception in Victorian England of Apuleius' story of Cupid and Psyche from his second-century Latin novel Metamorphoses (The Golden Ass), in both poetry and prose, and concludes by looking at the rich reception of the story in art in the period, especially in the work of Sir Edward Burne-Jones.
This talk, "Psyche amongst the Victorians: An Aspect of Apuleian Reception" considers the extensive reception in Victorian England of Apuleius' story of Cupid and Psyche from his second-century Latin novel Metamorphoses (The Golden Ass), in both poetry and prose, and concludes by looking at the rich reception of the story in art in the period, especially in the work of Sir Edward Burne-Jones.
Stephen Harrison has been teaching Classics since 1987 at Corpus Christi College, Oxford, where he is now Professor of Latin Literature. His main research and teaching interests are in Latin literature and its reception. He has written books on Virgil, Horace and on the Roman novelist Apuleius, and has edited, co-edited or co-authored more than twenty books on Virgil, Horace, the Roman Novel, Classics and literary theory and Latin literature in general, and on the reception of classical literature.
The Carl Schlam Lecture Fund was established by family, colleagues, students and friends to recognize and honor Prof. Carl C. Schlam, who taught Classics at The Ohio State University from 1967 to 1993. It commemorates Prof. Schlam's collegiality and delight in the sharing of ideas among scholars, whether privately or in larger groups. This he demonstrated by his frequent and participatory presence at lectures across the university, which he genuinely viewed as a community of scholars. He is affectionately remembered for his amazing range of intellectual interests, his kindness and helpfulness to students and colleagues, his pride in his family's accomplishments, and the joys of a good conversation.
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