There were lots of big, mostly male, in classic campandiaor retalling o the greek myths. But i felt there was room for something that doesn't try to sanicize the sheer ugly nuss of nastiness - and so bringing all that together, felt i could embark on it. And when you ask about whether there was an agender, yes, i did want to to sort of widen the camera angle to include a lot of these incredible female characters who are in the sources. I'm not offering a kind of mazin and miller or natily hames or patborkestyle restitution, or filling out the gaps quite in that novelistic way
Art historian, printmaker and writer Dr Amy Jeffs is joined in conversation by author and journalist Charlotte Higgins to discuss how ancient myths and legends are constantly retold and reimagined by new storytellers. Amy Jeffs' book, Storyland: A New Mythology of Britain, is a retelling of 30 medieval myths and legends. Charlotte Higgins' book, Greek Myths: A New Retelling, provides a refreshed narrative by focusing on the perspective of women in the stories of Ancient Greece, with illustrations from Turner Prize-winning artist Chris Ofili.
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