The poetry of work and the work of poetry

Abstract

The contribution considers first of all the close relationship between work themes, and more particularly linked to the industrial horizon, and the formal innovations (linguistic, rhythmic, structural) that characterize the poetry of the second half of the Italian twentieth century. This report must be placed against a broader background, which also and above all involves the Italian prose of this period and the different ideological positions of the major interpreters of the ongoing economic and anthropological transformations. In the second part, the focus is on contemporary poetry, with a series of examples.