Ovid and After

The lively, strange tales of Ovid’s Metamorphoses find their way into the thought and character of many later literary works.  How can we track their influence and enjoy their mutabilities?

A 2-part public lecture that explores some of the rich and varied ways in which the wonderful, funny and disturbing stories in Ovid's Metamorphoses have been re-used by subsequent writers. 

7pm Part I
'Shameless plundering?: Shakespeare, The Metamorphoses and the classics' (Professor Judith Buchanan)

7:40pm Interval drinks reception

8pm Part II
'Metamorphosing The Metamorphoses: Ovid in Twentieth-century poetry' (Professor Hugh Haughton)

Judith Buchanan is Professor of Film and Literature in the Department of English and Related Literature at the University of York, and Director of the Humanities Research Centre.

Professor Hugh Haughton is Professor of Poetry in the Department of English and Related Literature at the University of York.

Admission: by free ticket only, available from yorkfestivalofideas.com/tickets