Frances Myatt
Biographic Data
| ID | 9669239 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Frances Myatt |
| GIVEN NAMES | Frances |
| FAMILY NAME | Myatt |
| SIGNATURE | MYATT F |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Cambridge |
| ORCID | 0009-0009-5838-4290 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 2 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 2 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Poetry, Parents and Power in Ovid’s Tristia
There is a long history, going back to Plato and beyond, to the idea that writing is like having a child. In Ovid’s Tristia, however, metaphors of poetic parenthood are not merely a literary commonplace, but complex poetic statements that have significant implications for one of the central themes of his exile poetry – power. Who has the power to create poetry, and who has the power to determine its meaning? Using a gender-sensitive approach to O…
‘Placetne Magistra?’ -- Latin in Dorothy L. Sayers’ Gaudy Night
Gaudy Night is unique among Dorothy L. Sayers’ detective novels in its prolific use of Latin quotations. While scholars have considered the two Latin quotations which are integral to the novel’s plot, this article will explore Sayers’ incidental Latin phrases and quotations as well, in order to fully illuminate the significant role the language plays within the novel. Sayers uses Latin to express the tense and ambiguous relationship between women…
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Poetry, Parents and Power in Ovid’s Tristia
There is a long history, going back to Plato and beyond, to the idea that writing is like having a child. In Ovid’s Tristia, however, metaphors of poetic parenthood are not merely a literary commonplace, but complex poetic statements that have significant implications for one of the central themes of his exile poetry – power. Who has the power to create poetry, and who has the power to determine its meaning? Using a gender-sensitive approach to O…
‘Placetne Magistra?’ -- Latin in Dorothy L. Sayers’ Gaudy Night
Gaudy Night is unique among Dorothy L. Sayers’ detective novels in its prolific use of Latin quotations. While scholars have considered the two Latin quotations which are integral to the novel’s plot, this article will explore Sayers’ incidental Latin phrases and quotations as well, in order to fully illuminate the significant role the language plays within the novel. Sayers uses Latin to express the tense and ambiguous relationship between women…
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