Helen V. Lovatt is Professor of Classics at the University of Nottingham. She is known in particular for her work on Latin epic literature especially from the Flavian period.[1]
Helen Lovatt | |
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| Nationality | British |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | University of Cambridge |
| Thesis | Games and realities in Statius, 'Thebaid 6' (2000) |
| Doctoral advisor | J. G. W. Henderson |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Classics |
| Institutions | University of Nottingham |
Career
editLovatt studied at Millfield and then read Classics at Pembroke College, Cambridge, where she was awarded her PhD in 2000 with a dissertation on Games and realities in Statius, 'Thebaid 6'.[2] Lovatt lectured at Keele University before moving to a Junior Research Fellowship at Murray Edwards College, Cambridge. In 2003 Lovatt joined the department of Classics at the University of Nottingham.[1] Lovatt delivered her inaugural lecture as Professor of Classics, Epic Journeys, on 15 February 2017.[3][4]
Lovatt's PhD work on the athletic games in Statius' Thebaid was published as Statius and Epic Games: Sport, Politics and Poetics in the Thebaid (Cambridge University Press, 2005). In the book, Lovatt interpreted Statius' work as a microcosm of the whole epic tradition.[1] More recently, Lovatt has worked on the epic tradition in both Latin and Greek literature, publishing a book on vision in epic from Homer to Nonnus, The Epic Gaze: Vision, Gender and Narrative in Ancient Epic (Cambridge University Press, 2013)[5] and a co-edited work Epic Visions (Cambridge University Press, 2013) with Caroline Vout which resulted from a conference in Nottingham in 2003.[6]
Lovatt currently works on classical reception, particularly in detective and children's literature, resulting in her co-edited volume Classical Reception and Children's Literature: Greece, Rome and Childhood Transformation (I. B. Tauris, 2018) with Owen Hodkinson following a conference on the subject at the University of Wales, Lampeter in 2009.[1]
Selected publications
edit- (2018) ed. with Owen Hodkinson Classical Reception and Children's Literature: Greece, Rome and Childhood Transformation (I. B. Tauris)
- (2016) Flavian Spectacle: Paradox and Wonder. In: ZISSOS, A., ed., A Companion to the Flavian Age of Imperial Rome Blackwell. 361–75.
- (2015) Following after Valerius: Argonautic moments in Statius’ Thebaid. In: DOMINIK, W.J., GERVAIS, K. and NEWLANDS, C., eds., Brill's Companion to Statius Brill. 408–24.
- (2013) The epic gaze: vision, gender and narrative in ancient epic (Cambridge University Press).[5][7]
- (2013) ed. with Caroline Vout Epic visions: visuality in Greek and Latin epic and its reception (Cambridge University Press).
- (2007) Statius, Orpheus, and the post-Augustan vates. Arethusa, 40(2), 145–163.[8]
- (2006) The female gaze in Flavian epic: looking out from the walls in Valerius Flaccus and Statius. In Nauta, Ruurd Robijn; Dam, Harm-Jan Van; Smolenaars, Johannes Jacobus Louis (eds.) Flavian Poetry (pp. 59–78). BRILL.[9]
- (2005) Statius and epic games: sport, politics and poetics in the Thebaid (Cambridge University Press).[10]
- (2001) Mad about Winning: Epic, War and Madness in the Games of Statius' Thebaid. Materiali e discussioni per l'analisi dei testi classici, (46), 103–120.
- (1999) Competing Endings: Re-Reading the End of the Thebaid Through Lucan. Ramus, 28(2), 126–151.[11]
References
edit- ^ a b c d "Helen Lovatt - The University of Nottingham". www.nottingham.ac.uk. Retrieved 6 September 2018.
- ^ Lovatt, Helen (1 January 2000). Games and realities in Statius, 'Thebaid 6' (PhD). Cambridge University. doi:10.17863/CAM.19024.
- ^ "Helen Lovatt holds her inaugural lecture, Epic Journeys - The University of Nottingham". www.nottingham.ac.uk. Retrieved 6 September 2018.
- ^ "The Story of an Inaugural, by Professor Helen Lovatt - Argonauts and Emperors". Argonauts and Emperors. 28 February 2017. Retrieved 6 September 2018.
- ^ a b Bernstein, Neil W. (2014). "Review of: The Epic Gaze: Vision, Gender and Narrative in Ancient Epic". Bryn Mawr Classical Review. ISSN 1055-7660.
- ^ Reitz, Christiane (2 July 2015). "Epic Visions. Visuality in Greek and Latin Epic and its Reception, written by H. Lovatt, C. Vout". Mnemosyne. 68 (4): 704–709. doi:10.1163/1568525X-12341944. ISSN 1568-525X.
- ^ Lovatt, Helen (27 June 2013). The Epic Gaze: Vision, Gender and Narrative in Ancient Epic. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9781107016118.
- ^ Lovatt, Helen (4 June 2007). "Statius, Orpheus, and the Post-Augustan Vates". Arethusa. 40 (2): 145–163. doi:10.1353/are.2007.0015. ISSN 1080-6504. S2CID 154379521.
- ^ Nauta, Ruurd Robijn; Dam, Harm-Jan Van; Smolenaars, Johannes Jacobus Louis (2006). Flavian Poetry. BRILL. ISBN 9789004147942.
- ^ Dewar, Michael (2009). "Review of: Statius and Epic Games. Sport, Politics, and Poetics in the Thebaid. Cambridge Classical Studies". Bryn Mawr Classical Review. ISSN 1055-7660.
- ^ Lovatt, Helen (1999). "Competing Endings: Re-Reading the End of the Thebaid Through Lucan". Ramus. 28 (2): 126–151. doi:10.1017/S0048671X00001752. ISSN 0048-671X. S2CID 146358667.
External links
edit- Ovid and the Argonauts: Heroides, Metamorphoses and Maffeo Vegio's Vellus Aureum - lecture delivered to the Society for the Promotion of Roman Studies 3 June 2017