"ReVersed Masterpieces" represents a unique initiative in Italy's literature panorama. This production from Grace Edizioni, part of the Gruppo editoriale GpM, features tens of nowadays authors, side by side with classic authors.
Anthological publications are born from an ancient tradition, a medieval one, and date back - as we know as of now - to the initiative of Pier delle Vigne, which in the first half of the 1200s wanted to collect lyrics of the poets of the Scuola Poetica Siciliana, which established itself in the Magna Curia Federiciana.
This initiative takes us back to the origins of the italian literature, with the possibility for the authors involved to let themselves be known to a broader audience.
"Making" literature means bringing innovations to an image already existing and this anthological production answers too well to that urge.
Grace Edizioni, of which Giampiero Grasso and Giorgio Grasso are promotors, wants to bet on the new literature, often ignored by big commerce.
The infinite jungle of new writers, who give themselves that title, finds in Grace Edizioni a sieve and a selection that garantees quality to the italian literature production, enriching the panorama.
Writing for the sake of writing is dangerous. Publishing for the sake of publishing is even more dangerous. It's the ability to bring innovations that makes the difference. And we can assure that Grace Edizioni made it, avoiding publishing anything and everything, but betting on quality and on the abilty of its author to bring innovation to the world of poetry.
This anthology, which shows traits of an encyclopedia, is surely deserving of attention.