A Cobbler's Universe: Religion, Poetry, and Performance in the Life of a South Italian Immigrant

By Catherine L. Albanese

This intimate and revealing study of the immigrant experience provides a detailed examination of Italian-American life at the turn of the century. Albanese gives an intimate and authoritative look at her grandfather, Frank Spiziri (1878-1958), in a body of poems that reveal immigrant religious life and explore the sensibility of a man who bridged the gap between artisan and gentleman, shoemaker and artist.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0826408753
• ISBN13: 9780826408754
• Release Date: January 1997
• Publisher: Continuum
• Length: 205 Pages
• Weight: 0.77 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"