Contrasts : comparative essays on Italian Canadian writing / edited by Joseph Pivato.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Pivato, Joseph.

Series:

Essay series (Guernica (Firm)) ; 1.

Essay series ; 1st v.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Canadian literature--Italian authors--History and criticism.

Canadian literature.

French-Canadian literature--Italian authors--History and criticism.

French-Canadian literature.

Italian literature--Canada--History and criticism.

Italian literature.

Italians--Canada--Intellectual life.

Italians.

Canada--Literatures.

Canada.

Italians in literature.

Canadian literature--Italian authors.

French-Canadian literature--Italian authors.

Italians--Intellectual life.

Genre:

Aufsatzsammlung.

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Literatures.

Physical Description:

255 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Montréal, Québec, Canada : Guernica Editions, ©1985.

Contents:

Introduction: Why comparative essays? ; Ethnic writing and comparative Canadian literature / Joseph Pivato

Tasks of the Canadian novelist writing on immigrant themes / F.G. Paci

Short story as an ethnic genre / C.D. Minni

Black Madonna: a search for the Great Mother / Roberta Sciff-Zamaro

Death between two cultures: Italian-Canadian poetry / Alexandre L. Amprimoz

Contemporary influences on the poetry of Mary di Michele / Robert Billings

Italian writer and language / Fulvio Caccia.

Literature of exile: Italian language writing in Canada / Joseph Pivato

Italian writers of Quebec: language, culture and politics / Filippo Salvatore

Road between: escapism. For an Italian culture in Quebec and Canada / Antonio D'Alfonso.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-246) and index.

Local Notes:

The Balch Institute Library and Archives.

ISBN:

0919349536

9780919349537

0919349528

9780919349520

OCLC:

13751973