04238nam 2200769Ia 450 991097390890332120200520144314.0978079148242107914824219781423766247142376624510.1515/9780791482421(CKB)1000000000460850(OCoLC)461443066(CaPaEBR)ebrary10579075(SSID)ssj0000116001(PQKBManifestationID)11146260(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000116001(PQKBWorkID)10027127(PQKB)10880636(OCoLC)65288643(MdBmJHUP)muse6352(Au-PeEL)EBL3407652(CaPaEBR)ebr10579075(OCoLC)923407706(DE-B1597)683735(DE-B1597)9780791482421(MiAaPQ)EBC3407652(Perlego)2672946(EXLCZ)99100000000046085020050208d2006 ub 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrBuried Caesars, and other secrets of Italian American writing /Robert Viscusi1st ed.Albany State University of New York Pressc20061 online resource (296 p.) SUNY series in Italian/American cultureBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph9780791466346 0791466345 9780791466339 0791466337 Includes bibliographical references and index.Intro -- Buried Caesars,and Other Secrets of Italian American Writing -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Secrets of Italian American Writing -- 1. English as a Dialect of Italian -- 2. De vulgari eloquentia: Ordinary Eloquence in Italian America -- 3. Il caso della casa: Stories of Houses in Italian America -- 4. Immigrant Ambitionsand American Literature -- 5. The Text in the Dust Writing Italy across America -- 6. The Semiology of Semen: Questioning the Father -- 7. Circles of the Cyclopes: Concentric History -- 8. A Literature Considering Itself: The Allegory of Italian America -- 9. The Italian American Sign -- 10.The Imperial Sopranos -- Notes -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Y -- Z.Winner of the 2006 Pietro Di Donato and John Fante Literary Award from The Grand Lodge of the Sons of Italy, New York StateRobert Viscusi takes a comprehensive look at Italian American writing by exploring the connections between language and culture in Italian American experience and major literary texts. Italian immigrants, Viscusi argues, considered even their English to be a dialect of Italian, and therefore attempted to create an American English fully reflective of their historical, social, and cultural positions. This approach allows us to see Italian American purposes as profoundly situated in relation not only to American language and culture but also to Italian nationalist narratives in literary history as well as linguistic practice. Viscusi also situates Italian American writing within the "eccentric design" of American literature, and uses a multidisciplinary approach to read not only novels and poems, but also houses, maps, processions, videos, and other artifacts as texts.SUNY series in Italian/American culture.American literatureItalian American authorsHistory and criticismAmerican literatureItalian influencesItalian AmericansIntellectual lifeItalian Americans in literatureAmerican literatureItalian American authorsHistory and criticism.American literatureItalian influences.Italian AmericansIntellectual life.Italian Americans in literature.810.9/851Viscusi Robert679735MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910973908903321Buried Caesars3551468UNINA