Nick Lowe (classicist)

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Nick Lowe
Born1956
Manchester, England
Alma materUniversity of Cambridge
Occupation • Classical scholar
 • Film critic

Nick Lowe (/loʊ/; born 1956) is a British classical scholar and film critic.

He is a reader in classics in the Department of Classics and Philosophy at Royal Holloway, a constituent college of the University of London, with interests including narratology and reception of Greek antiquity in historical fiction.[1]

Lowe is also a film reviewer for the science-fiction magazine Interzone, writing the column Mutant Popcorn since the mid-1980s;[2] he won a British Science Fiction Association Award for the column in 2009.[3] The 25th anniversary of his column was celebrated by a special issue of Interzone in 2010, including reprints of his first reviews and an interview with Lowe.[4]

Early life and education[]

He was born in Manchester, England, and raised in Glasgow, Scotland, before going to read classics at the University of Cambridge,[5] where he received his Master of Arts and Doctor of Philosophy.[6] His doctoral advisor was Geoffrey Kirk.[5]

Career[]

He taught classics at three different colleges in the University of London before being appointed lecturer in Greek literature at Royal Holloway.[5]

Books[]

  • Theatre Ancient and Modern (2000), edited with Hardwick, L., Ireland, S. & Macintosh, F., Open University Press.
  • The Classical Plot and the Invention of Western Narrative (2000), Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.[7]
  • Comedy (2008). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. (Greece & Rome: New Surveys in the Classics).[8]
  • Erôs in Ancient Greece (2013), edited with Sanders, E., Thumiger, C. & Carey, C., Oxford University Press.[9]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Dr Nick Lowe". Researcher profiles. Royal Holloway, University of London. Retrieved 28 August 2021.
  2. ^ Sleight, Graham (26 February 2009). "Adaptation". Locus Roundtable. Locus. Archived from the original on 24 February 2017.
  3. ^ 2009 British Science Fiction Association Award for Mutant Popcorn (see BSFA Awards 2009 Winners).
  4. ^ Fratz, D. Douglas (2012). "Interzone #230, September-October 2010". SF Site Reviews.
  5. ^ Jump up to: a b c "Committee for 2013". John D. Criticos Prize. Archived from the original on 7 February 2015.
  6. ^ Classicists in British Universities.
  7. ^ Reviews of The Classical Plot and the Invention of Western Narrative:
    • Halliwell, Stephen (April 2001). Greece & Rome. 48 (1): 91. doi:10.1093/gr/48.1.91. JSTOR 826874.CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
    • Konstan, David (Winter 2002). The Classical World. 95 (2): 194–195. doi:10.2307/4352656. JSTOR 4352656.CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
    • Lateiner, Donald (November 2000). "Review". Bryn Mawr Classical Review. 2000.11.28. Archived from the original on 30 June 2016.
    • Schironi, Francesca (2003). Athenaeum. 91: 677–681. hdl:2027.42/150155.CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
    • Torres-Guerra, José B. (2003). Gnomon. 75 (7): 581–583. JSTOR 40493898.CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
  8. ^ Stürner, Ferdinand (2012). "Review of Comedy" (PDF). Ancient History Bulletin. 2: 111–112.
  9. ^ Reviews of Erôs in Ancient Greece:
    • Billault, Alain (January–June 2015). Revue des Études Grecques. 128 (1): 260–262. JSTOR 44261342.CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
    • Goldhill, Simon (April 2014). The Classical Review. New Series. 64 (1): 39–41. doi:10.1017/S0009840X13002242. JSTOR 43301773. S2CID 162523446.CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
    • Lateiner, Donald (2014). Mnemosyne. Fourth Series. 67 (4): 676–681. doi:10.1163/1568525X-12341721. JSTOR 24521763.CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)

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