| Description |
1 online resource : illustrations |
| Series |
Classical presences |
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Classical presences.
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| Contents |
Intro -- Series page -- Series page -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Contents -- Preface -- List of Illustrations -- 1. Introduction -- 1. Apuleius: Life and Writings -- 2. The Cupid and Psyche Story in the Latin Original -- 3. The Literary Sources and Interpretation of the Cupid and Psyche Story -- 4. The Reception of Cupid and Psyche in European Culture to 1650: A Brief Outline -- 5. Selecting the Material -- 2. Cupid and Psyche in France, 1650-1815 -- 1. Introduction: From Italy to France -- 2. Jean de La Fontaine, Les Amours de Psyché et de Cupidon (1669) |
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3. Psyche on the Stage in the 1670s: France and England -- 4. La Fontaine's Legacy-the Querelle and 'Beauty and the Beast' -- 5. Conclusion -- 3. Cupid and Psyche in Germany, 1750-1850 -- 1. Introduction -- 2. From French Courts to German Bourgeoisie -- 3. Translations and Adaptations -- 4. Cupid and Psyche as a Romantic Fairy Tale -- 5. The Anacreontics -- 6. Wieland's Psyches -- 7. Herder and his Circle: Sturm und Drang and Classicism -- 8. The Brothers Grimm and the German Fairy Tale -- 9. The Soul as Myth: Antiquarianism and Philology -- 10. Epics of the Soul |
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11. Goethe's 'Beautiful Souls': Schöne Seelen -- 12. Coming Full Circle: Psyche Novels -- 13. Drama and Opera -- 14. Conclusions -- 4. Cupid and Psyche in English Romanticism and After -- 1. Introduction: Psyche in English Romanticism -- 2. Hudson Gurney, Cupid and Psyche -- 3. William Blake -- 4. Thomas Love Peacock, Rhododaphne -- 5. Mary Tighe, Psyche or the Legend of Love -- 6. John Keats -- 7. Further Female Poets: Hemans and L.E.L. -- 8. Mary and Percy Bysshe Shelley, Byron, and Moore -- 9. Elizabeth Barrett Browning -- 10. Conclusion -- 5. Cupid and Psyche and the Victorians |
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1. Introduction -- 2. Psyche in Victorian Verse -- 3. C&P and the Nineteenth-Century Novel -- 4. Conclusion -- 6. Cupid and Psyche, Decadence, and Fairy Tales, 1885-1905 -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Walter Pater, Marius the Epicurean (1885) -- 3. Continental Links: Huysmans, D'Annunzio, Couperus -- 4. Fairy Tales, Folktale Analysis, and Retelling for Children: Andrew and Nora Lang -- 5. Conclusion -- 7. Cupid and Psyche in English since 1900 -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Louis MacNeice, 'Cupid and Psyche' (1944) -- 3. C. S. Lewis, Till We Have Faces (1956) -- 4. Francis Warner, Perennia (1962) |
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5. James Merrill, 'From the Cupola' (1966) -- 6. A. S. Byatt, Possession (1990) and Morpho Eugenia (1992) -- 7. Cupid and Psyche and Female Poets -- 8. Peter Oswald, The Golden Ass (2002) -- 9. Psyche in Modern Opera -- 10. Conclusion -- 8. Epilogue -- Ongoing Receptions and New Audiences -- Appendix: Images from Art Linked with Cupid and Psyche -- A. Specific Links for Chapters 1-6 -- B. General Collections of Material -- Bibliography -- Index |
| Summary |
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 |
| Notes |
Also issued in print: 2024 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Audience |
Specialized |
| Notes |
Description based on online resource and publisher information; title from PDF title page (viewed on January 8, 2024) |
| Subject |
Apuleius -- Influence
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Cupid and Psyche (Tale) in literature.
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Cupid and Psyche (Tale) in art.
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European literature -- History and criticism
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Literature: history & criticism.
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Literature.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
May, Regine, 1971- author.
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| ISBN |
9780191953989 |
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0191953989 |
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