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Informationen zum Autor Anthony Julian Tamburri is dean of the John D. Calandra Italian American Institute at Queens College, CUNY. Klappentext Re-reading Italian Americana broadens the scope of Italian/American literary criticism by investigating the work of six authors and the degree to which they successfully represent Italian Americana in their prose or poetry. Highlighting the work of Pietro di Donato, Mario Puzo, Luigi Barzini, Joseph Tusiani, Maria Mazziotti Gillan, and Rina Ferrarelli, this book examines the current state of analysis dedicated to this topic and its reception both in the United States and in Italy. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface PreliminariesChapter 1: The Italian/American Writer in "Exile": At Home, Abroad, Wherever! (13)Specificities of Reading ProseChapter 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 PoetryChapter 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)conclusionsChapter 8: Beyond "Pizza" and "Nonna"! Or, Further Directions for Italian/American Textual Criticism and Cultural Studies Index of Names About the Author
