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Nick Lowe (classicist)

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

He is a readerinclassics in the Department of Classics and Philosophy at Royal Holloway, a constituent college of the University of London, with interests including narratology and receptionofGreek 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[edit]

He was born in Manchester, England, and raised in Glasgow, Scotland. He was educated at Fettes College, Edinburgh, before going on to read classics at Jesus College, Cambridge,^[5] where he received his Master of Arts and Doctor of Philosophy degrees.^[6] His doctoral advisor was Geoffrey Kirk.^[7]

Career[edit]

He taught classics at three different colleges in the University of London before being appointed lecturer in Greek literature at Royal Holloway.^[7]

Books[edit]

• 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.^[8]
• Comedy (2008). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. (Greece & Rome: New Surveys in the Classics).^[9]
• Erôs in Ancient Greece (2013), edited with Sanders, E., Thumiger, C. & Carey, C., Oxford University Press.^[10]

See also[edit]

• List of film critics
• List of Glaswegians
• List of people from Manchester
• List of University of Cambridge members
• List of University of London people

References[edit]

External links[edit]

• Nick Lowe's home page at RHUL