Mazzucchelli The Heart and the Island

A Critical Study of Sicilian American Literature
1. Auflage 2015
ISBN: 978-1-4384-5924-0
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 210 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm

Reihe: SUNY series in Italian/American Culture

Makes the case for a distinctly Sicilian American literature.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Mazzucchelli, Chiara

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Englische Literatur Amerikanische Literatur

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction

1. Of Sicily and Its Ripples: Sicilianamericanità and Sicilian American Literature

2. From Sulphur Mines to Tenements: Sicilianamericanità in Ben Morreale’s Novels

3. “Half-and-Half”: Sicilianamericanità in Jerre Mangione’s Memoirs

4. “The Scum of the Scum of the Scum”: Rose Romano’s Search for Sisterhood

5. Once upon a Place: Gioia Timpanelli and the Sicilian Storytelling Tradition

Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Chiara Mazzucchelli is Assistant Professor of Italian Studies at the University of Central Florida.