Voices of Italian America : a history of early Italian American literature with a critical anthology / Martino Marazzi ; translated by Ann Goldstein.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Marazzi, Martino, 1963- author.

Contributor:

Goldstein, Ann, 1949- translator.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Italian American literature--History and criticism.

Italian literature--20th century--History and criticism.

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

Italians--United States--Intellectual life.

Italian Americans--Intellectual life.

Italian Americans in literature.

United States--In literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (344 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Fordham University Press, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Voices of Italian America presents the first authoritative study and anthology of the largely Italian-language literature written and published in the U.S. from the heydays of the Great Migration (1880-1920) to the almost definitive demise of the cultural world of the first generation soon before and after WWII. The volume resurrects the neglected and even forgotten territory of a nation-wide ""Little Italy"" where people wrote, talked, read, and consumed the various forms of entertainment mostly in their native Italian language, in a complex interplay with native dialects and surrounding Amer

Contents:

""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction""; ""1. The Novel of the Italian in America""; ""The Kid from Genoa""; ""The Mysteries of Mulberry Street""; ""The Underworld of New York""; ""The Mysteries of New York""; ""The Blond Devil""; ""The Flapper""; ""The Two Friends""; ""Hold Up!""; ""The Diary of an Immigrant""; ""Toward the Ideal""; ""On the Island of Tears: Ellis Island""; ""President Scoppetta""; ""You Must Be Rough""; ""Faraway People""; ""2. Stowaway on Board: Ezio Taddei""; ""The Gates of Hell""; ""I Gave Up Freedom""

""3. The New World of the Second Generation: Pietro di Donato and John Fante""""The World of Tomorrow""; ""A Letter from John Fante to Giuseppe Prezzolini""; ""4. Poetry of the Italian Americans""; ""May Day""; ""To Alarico""; ""The 20th of September Parade in New York""; ""Publius Ovid""; ""“O Labor of America: Heartbeat of Mankind�""; ""The Day of War""; ""Words Without Song""; ""The Walker""; ""Samnite Cradle Song""; ""The Bricklayers Came""; ""Proletarian Nostalgias""; ""Neapolitan Rhapsody""; ""The Dream""; ""Advertising Sonnets""; ""My Summer Vacation: A Scherzo""

""In Union Square Park""""5. Prose of Testimony: the Color Line""; ""Whites and Blacks: An Analysis by Prof. Prezzolini""; ""6. At Ellis Island""; ""A Picture of 1907""; ""Racketeers and Human Contraband""; ""7. Italian Americans and Italian Writers""; ""Notes""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""Q""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""; ""Z""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

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ISBN:

9780823245727

0823245721

9780823245734

082324573X

9780823246571

0823246574

OCLC:

915134905