Published 2013-09-01
“…This dual logos reveals a subtle articulation of the erudite and the erotic—the mysterious ‘corrupt’ ’ἔρωτικ’ satirized in W. H. Mallock’s
New Republic (1877). This article therefore proposes to focus on the dichotomy of the Hellenic code, split between the learned and the obscene, between high and potentially low culture, in the writings of the hellenophile Victorian poet, who was equally drawn to the alluring calligraphy of Greek, the language of beauty and formal perfection, as well as to the more fleshly promises suggested by certain Hellenic words and images.…”
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