A Study on William Morris' Romances in Verse and Their Significance in Literary History

(1)莫里斯的诗词传奇与古典文学传统阅读以希腊和拉丁传说为来源的《人间天堂故事》，我调查了莫里斯如何将他的材料融入自己的作品中。特别是，我仔细阅读了《丘比特与普赛克》，并将其与奥维德的《变形记》、德·洛里斯和德·梅的《罗马玫瑰》进行了比较，以了解莫里斯的艺术观是如何反映在他的浪漫爱情中的。(2)莫里斯诗歌中的浪漫故事和他在装饰艺术中的作品的关联性考察了莫里斯的文学作品写作在很大程度上与他在莫里斯公司和凯尔姆斯科特出版社演出的装饰作品密切相关。此外，我们还研究了莫里斯的朋友兼合作者爱德华·伯恩-琼斯的作品，以发现两部作品之间存在明确的相互关系。(3)莫里斯作为浪漫主义生态学家的重要性最近在保护领域得到了积极的重新评价，因为他在1877年创立了古建筑保护学会的一项开创性工作。虽然《人间天堂》被E.P.汤普森低估为具有逃避现实的内容，但在目前的“环境危机”条件下，这部作品可以从新的角度来看待，认为它是“浪漫主义生态学”的重要产物，是我们生态批评的先驱。我在《艺术与生活之美：威廉·莫里斯和他的保护思想》研讨会(2004年10月31日)上读过一篇关于这一主题的论文。我应该补充一句，在我的研究中，我发现大津贤治在1920年的《S》和1930年的《S》中对莫里斯的开创性研究的重要性，我在其中发表了一篇文章，重新评价了他的作品。

(1)Morris' Romances in verse and the tradition of classical literatureReading the stories of The Earthly Paradise which have Greek and Latin legends as their sources, I have investigated the way Morris incorporated his materials into his own works. In particular, I have read "Cupid and Psyche" closely, comparing it with Ovid's Metamorphoses, Le Roman de la Rose by De Lorris and De Meung, to see how Morris' idea of art is reflected in his romance.(2)The relevance of Morris' romances in verse and his works in decorative artI have investigated the significant degree in which Morris' writing of literary works has closely connected with his decorative works performed both in Morris & Co.and the Kelmscott Press. In addition, we have studied the works by Edward Burne-Jones, Morris' friend and cooperator, to see there is definite interrelationship between both works.(3)The significance of Morris as a Romantic EcologistMorris has been positively revaluated recently in the fields of conservation, as he did a pioneering work of the Society for the Protection of Ancient buildings, which he founded in 1877. While The Earthly Paradise was undervalued by E.P.Thompson as having the contents of escapism, in the present condition of the "environmental crisis," the work can be seen in new aspects, considering it as an important product of "Romantic Ecology," as a forerunner of our ecocriticism. I have read a paper on the theme in the symposium of "Art and the Beauty of Life : William Morris and His Idea of Conservation"(October 31,2004).I should add that during my research I found the importance of Kenji Otsuki's pioneering study of Morris in the 1920's and 1930's, of which I have published an essay revaluing his work.