The Atlantis of meter and rhyme: from classical to modern

CYCLE: Ancient modern: a journey through European literatures
SPEAKER: Valerio Magrelli
DATE: Tuesday, September 23, 6:00 PM

For centuries, the entirety of European culture associated the practice of poetry with the use of meter (at least starting from the Greco-Roman world), later pairing it with rhyme (beginning in the Middle Ages). Only around the late 19th century did free verse emerge, straddling the United States and France.

Valerio Magrelli (Rome, 1957) has published six books of poetry, collected in the volume Le cavie (Einaudi 2018), and four volumes of prose. His latest collection of verses is Exfanzia (Einaudi 2022). He teaches French literature at Roma Tre University.

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