{"product_id":"italian-signs-american-streets-9780822317302","title":"Italian Signs American Streets","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePresents an interpretive overview of Italian American literary history. This book develops a fresh perspective variously historical, philosophical, and cultural by which American writers of Italian descent can be read, increasing the discursive power of an ethnic literature that has received too little serious critical attention.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Bursting with energy and insights. Fred Gardaphé has added a powerful and original chapter to the literary history of modern America.”—Frank Lentricchia\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments vii\u003cbr\u003e Introduction 1\u003cbr\u003e 1. Narrative in the Poetic Mode 24\u003cbr\u003e 2. The Early Mythic Mode: From Autobiography to Autobiographical Fiction 55\u003cbr\u003e 3. The Middle Mythic Mode: Godfathers as Heroes, Variations on a Figure 86\u003cbr\u003e 4. The Later Mythic Mode: Reinventing Ethnicity through the Grandmother Figure 119\u003cbr\u003e 5. Narrative in the Philosophical Mode 153\u003cbr\u003e Epilogue 193\u003cbr\u003e Notes 201\u003cbr\u003e Works Cited 221\u003cbr\u003e Index 235","brand":"Duke University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49406017405271,"sku":"9780822317302","price":76.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780822317302.jpg?v=1730494256","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/italian-signs-american-streets-9780822317302","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}