Immigrant autobiography in the United States five versions of the Italian American experience : a revised and expanded edition
The brave new world of immigrant autobiography -- A shadow in the garden -- The right Promethean fire -- Beyond the American Adam -- A new version of the American self -- East Harlem's coming of age : beyond the Southern Question
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| Sprache: | eng |
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New York
Bordighera Press
2021
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| Ausgabe: | Revised and expanded edition |
| Schriftenreihe: | VIA folios
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Tag hinzufügen | Zusammenfassung: | The brave new world of immigrant autobiography -- A shadow in the garden -- The right Promethean fire -- Beyond the American Adam -- A new version of the American self -- East Harlem's coming of age : beyond the Southern Question "First published in Italy in 1982 and available to only a handful of scholars in the US, Boelhower's classic study Immigrant Autobiography in the United States led the way in identifying a new text-type that helped to reconfigure the rich but culturally narrow tradition of life-writing in the United States. A pioneer text in advocating the recognition and inclusion of multiethnic literatures in the WASP heavy literary canon, Immigrant Autobiography helped to enlarge the pantheon of representative American lives. This revised and enlarged edition also includes a new introduction tracing an Italian-American women's autobiographical tradition that compares favorably to that of other ethnic groups"-- |
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| Beschreibung: | 233 Seiten 23 cm |
| ISBN: | 9781599541662 978-1-59954-166-2 |