LEADER 04238nam 2200769Ia 450 001 9910973908903321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a9780791482421 010 $a0791482421 010 $a9781423766247 010 $a1423766245 024 7 $a10.1515/9780791482421 035 $a(CKB)1000000000460850 035 $a(OCoLC)461443066 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10579075 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000116001 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11146260 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000116001 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10027127 035 $a(PQKB)10880636 035 $a(OCoLC)65288643 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse6352 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3407652 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10579075 035 $a(OCoLC)923407706 035 $a(DE-B1597)683735 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780791482421 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3407652 035 $a(Perlego)2672946 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000460850 100 $a20050208d2006 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aBuried Caesars, and other secrets of Italian American writing /$fRobert Viscusi 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aAlbany $cState University of New York Press$dc2006 215 $a1 online resource (296 p.) 225 1 $aSUNY series in Italian/American culture 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 08$a9780791466346 311 08$a0791466345 311 08$a9780791466339 311 08$a0791466337 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aIntro -- 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. 330 $aWinner of the 2006 Pietro Di Donato and John Fante Literary Award from The Grand Lodge of the Sons of Italy, New York StateRobert Viscusi takes a comprehensive look at Italian American writing by exploring the connections between language and culture in Italian American experience and major literary texts. Italian immigrants, Viscusi argues, considered even their English to be a dialect of Italian, and therefore attempted to create an American English fully reflective of their historical, social, and cultural positions. This approach allows us to see Italian American purposes as profoundly situated in relation not only to American language and culture but also to Italian nationalist narratives in literary history as well as linguistic practice. Viscusi also situates Italian American writing within the "eccentric design" of American literature, and uses a multidisciplinary approach to read not only novels and poems, but also houses, maps, processions, videos, and other artifacts as texts. 410 0$aSUNY series in Italian/American culture. 606 $aAmerican literature$xItalian American authors$xHistory and criticism 606 $aAmerican literature$xItalian influences 606 $aItalian Americans$xIntellectual life 606 $aItalian Americans in literature 615 0$aAmerican literature$xItalian American authors$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aAmerican literature$xItalian influences. 615 0$aItalian Americans$xIntellectual life. 615 0$aItalian Americans in literature. 676 $a810.9/851 700 $aViscusi$b Robert$0679735 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910973908903321 996 $aBuried Caesars$93551468 997 $aUNINA