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

阅读了《人间乐园》中以希腊和拉丁传说为素材的故事，我研究了莫里斯将素材融入自己作品的方式。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》、洛里斯和德·蒙的《玫瑰罗马》进行了比较，以了解莫里斯的艺术理念是如何反映在他的浪漫小说中。(2)莫里斯的浪漫诗与他的装饰艺术作品的相关性我研究了莫里斯文学作品的写作与他在莫里斯公司和凯姆斯考特出版社所做的装饰作品密切相关的重要程度。此外，我们还研究了莫里斯的朋友和合作者爱德华·伯恩-琼斯的作品，发现两者之间存在着明确的相互关系。(3)莫里斯作为一个浪漫主义生态学家的意义最近，莫里斯在保护领域得到了积极的评价，因为他在1877年创立的古建筑保护协会中做了开创性的工作。虽然e.p.汤普森认为《人间乐园》具有逃避主义的内容，但在“环境危机”的今天，这部作品可以被重新审视，被认为是“浪漫主义生态学”的重要产物，是我们生态批评的先驱。我在2004年10月31日的“艺术与生命之美：威廉·莫里斯和他的保护理念”研讨会上读过一篇关于这个主题的论文。我应该补充说，在我的研究过程中，我发现了大月健二在20世纪20年代和30年代对莫里斯的开创性研究的重要性，我已经发表了一篇文章，重新评价了他的工作。

(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.