Anthony Julian Tamburri

Re-reading Italian Americana (eBook, ePUB)

Specificities and Generalities on Literature and Criticism

• Format: ePub

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks US
• Seitenzahl: 198
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. Dezember 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781611476552
• Artikelnr.: 40172923

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