International Conference
Re(ad)dressing Classical Myths in Contemporary Literature in English
14-15 March 2024
Sala Farinati – Biblioteca Civica di Verona
Aula Messedaglia – Chiostro S. Maria delle Vittorie, University of Verona
The aim of this international colloquium is to discuss and explore how classical myths have been rewritten, adapted, and mediated in contemporary literature in English in ways that provide evidence of a plurality of approaches that reconfigure our awareness of what ‘classical’ means. This will offer us the opportunity to explore how the ongoing conversation between classical and modern authors has opened up fresh literary beginnings and achieved a form of redress, which is significantly being voiced by the participants in a flourishing global canon.
Public Reading
Ruth Padel on Myths
14 March 2024
Sala Farinati – Biblioteca Civica di Verona
Award-winning poet, author and novelist Ruth Padel, well known for her close links to classical Greece, as well as wildlife, classical music, nature and science, will be in conversation with Silvia Bigliazzi and Cristiano Ragni (University of Verona) and will offer the audience a reading of some of her works.
Organiser
Cristiano Ragni
With
Chiara Battisti, Silvia Bigliazzi, Petra Bjelica, Sidia Fiorato, Chiara Lombardi, Justine McConnell, Ruth Padel, Cristiano Ragni, Angelo Righetti, Emanuel Stelzer, Savina Stevanato, Elena Theodorakopoulos
Italian 
English