The workshop addresses the main issues in contemporary poetry. During the lectures students will meet poets, who will present their work, their activities and their idea of poetry and poetics, with the aim of providing through direct testimony as comprehensive an overview as possible of contemporary production in verse.
Particular consideration will be given to the influence of tradition, especially the twentieth century, on current directions of writing in poetry, with a focus on the ways in which themes and forms are reinterpreted and actualized. Special attention will also be paid to marginal contexts, translation practices and publishing dynamics.