J. R. Morgan

J.R. (John Robert) Morgan (born July 11, 1950) is a British academic currently working at Swansea University in Wales. He is primarily known for writing books on Classics, and for contributing to a number of journals, often with colourful views.

Morgan attended Lincoln College, Oxford, from 1968 to 1975, where he achieved both M.A. and D.Phil qualifications.

Morgan's research interests include ancient narrative literature, in particular the Greek and Roman novel. He has published many articles, chapters and books on the Classics. He is perhaps best known as being the co-editor of "Greek Fiction" in 1994, alongside Richard Stoneman, used at numerous universities.

Morgan was also a contributor to the 3rd edition of the Oxford Classical Dictionary, published 1996. He is currently preparing a Loeb Classical Library translation of Heliodorus.

Morgan is believed to have coined the terms "stethophone", "misatelist", "eulexia" and "misoxenist". He also has a distinctive partiality for Madagascar's native lemur, the aye-aye, as well as the stinkbadger. "Intertextuality" is a word frequently used by Morgan in his lectures.

Aside from the Greek and Roman novel, Morgan's other literary interests are to be found within the genre of Science Fiction. He also appreciates Sci-Fi films, and is particularly receptive to the performance of John Barrowman in Torchwood.

Books

* "Greek Fiction: The Greek novel in context", ed. J. R. Morgan and R. Stoneman (London & New York, 1994).
* "Heliodorus, Ethiopian story". Translated by Sir Walter Lamb, edited with new introduction and notes by J. R. Morgan (London, 1997).
*"Longus: Daphnis and Chloe", with an introduction, translation and notes by J. R. Morgan (Aris & Phillips Classical Texts, 2004)

External links

* [http://www.swan.ac.uk/staff/academic/Humanities/morganjohn/#d.en.6766 J. R. Morgan home page]