From the Margin: Writings in Italian Americana

ISBN-13: 9781557531520 / Angielski / Miękka / 1990 / 501 str.

Anthony Julian Tamburri; Fred L. Gardaphe; Paolo Giordano

Opis

This anthology, hailed as a significant contribution to American ethnic studies, features the short stories, poems, and plays of more than thirty Italian American artists. Drawing on their individual and collective backgrounds and experience, these writers convey another vision of American fife. A section of critical essays by established scholars in the field, with topics ranging from specific works and authors to broad literary movements and film studies, analyzes the Italian American phenomenon and the role of ethnicity in literature. The extensive bibliography treats creative works, critical essays, and films dealing with the Italian American experience and promises to be an invaluable research tool.