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Immigrant autobiography in the United States : five versions of the Italian American experience : a revised and expanded edition /

"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...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Boelhower, William Q. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Bordighera Press, [2021]
Edition:Revised and expanded edition.
Series:VIA folios ; 151.
Subjects:
Italian Americans > Biography > History and criticism.
Autobiography > Italian American authors.
Immigrants > United States > Biography > History and criticism.
Américains d'origine italienne > Biographies > Histoire et critique.
Biography.
Italian Americans > Biography.
United States.
Autobiographies.
Autobiography
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Table of 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's coming of age : beyond the Southern Question.