Italian Americans on the Page
Revisiting the Classics and Exploring New Voices
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Italian Americans on the Page
Revisiting the Classics and Exploring New Voices
About this book
Approaches Italian American literature from new critical perspectives and explores contemporary and understudied voices from both the United States and Canada.
Italian Americans on the Page fills a significant gap in Italian American and Italian diaspora studies, particularly literature, as it explores four genres—fiction, poetry, memoir, and theater—from a variety of critical perspectives. The first section of the book offers reconsiderations of two canonical authors, Helen Barolini and Don DeLillo, while the other three sections bring new attention to understudied Italian American and Italian Canadian writers, including women and LGBTQIA+. These include Mary Jo Salter, Peter Covino, Louise DeSalvo, Karen Tintori, Juliet Grames, Ben Piazza, Salvatore Antonio, Christopher DiRaddo, Michele Linfante, Chris Cinque, Theresa Carilli, Mary Melfi, and Michaela Di Cesare. Each contribution approaches Italian American and Italian diaspora studies through a unique theoretical lens, adding to the richness of what proceeds this publication in the field. Ultimately, the volume offers rereadings of foundational Italian American works and provides newfound attention to understudied and emerging Italian diasporic voices.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction: Rethinking the Past and Bridging the Future of Italian American Studies
- Section 1 Rereading the Italian American Canon: Intersectionalizing the Narrative
- Section 2 Confessionalism in Italian American Poets: Moving Beyond Categories
- Section 3 Blurring the Past, Redefining the Future: Italian Americans and Memoir
- Section 4 From Page to Stage: Italian Americans and Italian Canadians
- List of Contributors
- Index
- Back Cover