Immigrant autobiography in the United States
Subtitle: five versions of the Italian American experience : a revised and expanded edition
By: William Boelhower, Constantine Panunzio, Pascal D'Angelo, Emanuel Carnevali, Jerre Mangione, Leonard Covello
Edition: Revised and expanded edition.
Series: VIA folios -- 151
Publisher: Bordighera Press
Published: 2021
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 233
ISBN-13: 9781599541662
Subjects: Italian Americans; Biography; History and criticism; Autobiography; Italian American authors
Description: "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"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The brave new world of immigrant autobiography; title: A shadow in the garden; title: The right Promethean fire; title: Beyond the American Adam; title: A new version of the American self; title: East Harlem's coming of age : beyond the Southern Question.