Anthony Julian Tamburri

Re-reading Italian Americana

Specificities and Generalities on Literature and Criticism

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book is divided into three sections. The first section deals with the general situation of Italian/American literature and its reception both in the United States and in Italy. It also discusses other social and cultural issues that pertain to Italian Americana. Section two consists of six chapters, each discussing a specific author; three dedicated to prose (Pietro di Donato, Mario Puzo, Luigi Barzini), three dedicated to poetry (Joseph Tusiani, Maria Mazziotti Gillan, Rina Ferrarelli). Section three examines the current state of criticism dedicated to Italian/American literature, the second part focusing in on a number of specific works.

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Produktdetails

• The Fairleigh Dickinson University Press Series in Italian Studies
• Verlag: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press
• Seitenzahl: 200
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. Dezember 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 448g
• ISBN-13: 9781611476545
• ISBN-10: 1611476542
• Artikelnr.: 39409393

Autorenporträt

By Anthony Julian Tamburri

Inhaltsangabe

Preface Preliminaries Chapter 1: The Italian/American Writer in "Exile": At
Home, Abroad, Wherever! (13) Specificities of Reading Prose Chapter 2:
Pietro di Donato's Christ In Concrete: An Italian/American Novel Not Set in
Stone Chapter 3: Mario Puzo's The Fortunate Pilgrim: The Italian's
"American Dream" of "Staying Alive" Chapter 4: Luigi Barzini, Jr.: From
Italian "Immigrant" to "Italian American" Specificities of Reading Poetry
Chapter 5: Joseph Tusiani's Gente Mia: Coincidences of E[im]migration
Chapter 6: Rina Ferrarelli's The Bread We Ate: Looking Back in Order to
Move Forward? Chapter 7: Maria Mazziotti Gillan's Where I Come From: Making
Connections and Passing Them On (In)conclusions Chapter 8: Beyond "Pizza"
and "Nonna"! Or, Further Directions for Italian/American Textual Criticism
and Cultural Studies Index of Names About the Author