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Author:

Scambray, Kenneth.

Title:

Queen Calafia's paradise : California and the Italian American novel / Kenneth Scambray.

Publisher:

Associated University Presses,
Associated University Presses,

Copyright Date:

c2007

Description:

211 p. ; 25 cm.

Subject:

American literature--History and criticism.--History and criticism.
American literature--20th century--History and criticism.
Italian Americans in literature.
Ethnic groups in literature.
Group identity in literature.
American literature--Italian influences.
California--In literature.
West (U.S.)--In literature.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 196-206) and index.

Contents:

Cultural authority and the western Italian American experience in Jo Pagano's Golden wedding -- America's Americas : the melting pot begins to cool in Lorenzo Madalena's Confetti for Gino -- The southern California condition in P.M. Pasinetti's From the academy bridge -- Unmasking the ethnic alien : Italian American identity in Dorothy Bryant's Miss Giardino -- "This country of palimpsests" : the Italian American experience in Steven Varni's The inland sea -- The ambidextrous devil in John Fante's The road to Los Angeles -- Success in the West : Italian American representation in John Fante's Ask the dust -- The prince and the peasant wop in John Fante's Dreams from Bunker Hill -- Heresies : Catholics and communists in John Fante's Full of life -- Mapping the future : the "y" in the Italian American genotype in John Fante's "My dog stupid" -- Resurrecting the Italian American self in John Fante's The brotherhood of the grape.

ISBN:

0838641172
9780838641170
9780838641170 (alk. paper)
0838641172 (alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)69734539

LCCN:

2006017912

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)