Emilia di Rocco is Professor of Comparative Literature, ‘Sapienza’ University, Rome, Italy. She is the President of the European Society of Comparative Literature. Her latest publications include: Raccontare il ritorno. Temi e trame della letteratura (2017) and two edited volumes, Mondi di Fede e di invenzione. Intersezioni tra religioni e letteratura (2018) and Astonishment. Essays on Wonder for Piero Boitani (2019). Her current research interests include literature and theology, literature and the Bible, the rewritings of ancient myth in medieval and modern literature.