Research Catalog

Title

Immigrant autobiography in the United States : five versions of the Italian American experience : a revised and expanded edition / William Boelhower, Constantine Panunzio, Pascal D\u0027Angelo, Emanuel Carnevali, Jerre Mangione, Leonard Covello.

Author

Boelhower, William Q.

Publication

New York : Bordighera Press, [2021]

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Description

233 pages; 23 cm

Summary

"First published in Italy in 1982 and available to only a handful of scholars in the US, Boelhower\u0027s 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\u0027s autobiographical tradition that compares favorably to that of other ethnic groups"--

Series Statement

VIA folios ; 151

Subject

• Italian Americans > History and criticism
• Autobiography > Italian American authors
• Biography
• Italian Americans > Biography
• Immigrants > United States > History and criticism
• United States

Genre/Form

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

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\u0027s coming of age : beyond the Southern Question.

ISBN

• 9781599541662
• 1599541661

LCCN

2020050099

OCLC

• on1233022304
• 1233022304

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries