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Book Synopsis
Presents an interpretive overview of Italian American literary history. This book develops a 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.

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“Bursting with energy and insights. Fred Gardaphé has added a powerful and original chapter to the literary history of modern America.”—Frank Lentricchia

Table of Contents
Acknowledgments vii
Introduction 1
1. Narrative in the Poetic Mode 24
2. The Early Mythic Mode: From Autobiography to Autobiographical Fiction 55
3. The Middle Mythic Mode: Godfathers as Heroes, Variations on a Figure 86
4. The Later Mythic Mode: Reinventing Ethnicity through the Grandmother Figure 119
5. Narrative in the Philosophical Mode 153
Epilogue 193
Notes 201
Works Cited 221
Index 235

Italian Signs American Streets

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      Publisher: Duke University Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 05/03/1996
      ISBN13: 9780822317395, 978-0822317395
      ISBN10: 0822317397

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Presents an interpretive overview of Italian American literary history. This book develops a 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.

      Trade Review
      “Bursting with energy and insights. Fred Gardaphé has added a powerful and original chapter to the literary history of modern America.”—Frank Lentricchia

      Table of Contents
      Acknowledgments vii
      Introduction 1
      1. Narrative in the Poetic Mode 24
      2. The Early Mythic Mode: From Autobiography to Autobiographical Fiction 55
      3. The Middle Mythic Mode: Godfathers as Heroes, Variations on a Figure 86
      4. The Later Mythic Mode: Reinventing Ethnicity through the Grandmother Figure 119
      5. Narrative in the Philosophical Mode 153
      Epilogue 193
      Notes 201
      Works Cited 221
      Index 235

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