Buried Caesars, and Other Secrets of Italian American Writing.

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.

Examines the forces that have shaped Italian American writing, from the novels of John Fante to the musings of Tony Soprano.

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