Specificities and Generalities on Literature and Criticism
Book Presentation
Presentation of the book: Re-reading Italian Americana: Specificities and Generalities on Literature and Criticism (Fairleigh Dickinson UP 2014), by Anthony Julian Tamburri.
Divided into three sections, the first deals with the general situation of Italian/American literature and its reception both in the United States and in Italy. Section two consists of six chapters, each discussing a specific author. Section three examines the current state of criticism dedicated to Italian/American literature, the second part focusing in on a number of specific works. The Midwest Review considers it a “work of impressive and meticulous scholarship,” while Frank Lentricchia labeled it “a landmark in the field.”
Presented by Fred Gardaphé, Distinguished Professor of English and Italian American Studies, Queens College, CUNY.