«E se ne faranno anche degli exasdruccioli». Lettere facete in versi nell'Archivio di Casa Giacosa

The essay aims at analyzing the playful verse letters addressed to the playwright Giuseppe Giacosa, through a scrutiny of the material of the archives of Casa Giacosa. This epistolary form is characteristic of friendly exchanges. It can involve more than two writers, and shows in some cases elements of continuity with the poetic produc- tion of the authors. We will analyze letters in verse (some of them unpublished) by Arrigo Boito, Giovanni Verga, Edmondo De Amicis, Edoardo Calandra and Giovanni Pozza, in an attempt to bring to light aspects of style, form and content. A different attribution (to Giuseppe Giacosa) of a letter until now considered of Arrigo Boito is also proposed.