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Author Mazzucchelli, Chiara, author

Title The heart and the island : a critical study of Sicilian American literature / Chiara Mazzucchelli
Published Albany : State University of New York Press, [2015]
©2015

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Description 1 online resource
Series SUNY series in Italian/American culture
SUNY series in Italian/American culture.
Contents Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Of Sicily and Its Ripples: Sicilianamericanità and Sicilian American Literature; 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
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
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Subject American literature -- Sicilian American authors -- History and criticism
American literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism
Sicilian Americans -- Intellectual life
LITERARY CRITICISM -- American -- General.
American literature
Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781438459240
1438459246