The Autobiography of a Language: Emanuel Carnevali's Italian/American Writing

by Andrea Ciribuco

Book Overview

The Autobiography of a Language is an exploration of the deep and powerful ties between language and identity, focusing on an Italian American author and addressing global themes of modern writing. This is the first extensive, book-length work on Emanuel Carnevali (1897-1942), the first Italian American to attain literary recognition. It is a study on how an Italian immigrant to New York became an author and a key figure in transnational modernism...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1438475241
• ISBN13: 9781438475240
• Release Date: July 2020
• Publisher: State University of New York Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.79 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"