Writing with an Accent: Contemporary Italian American Women Authors

by Edvige Giunta

Book Overview

Mary Cappello, Louise DeSalvo, Sandra M. Gilbert, Maria Mazziotti Gillan, Carole Maso, Agnes Rossi. These are some of the best-known Italian American writers today. They are part of a literary tradition with mid-twentieth century roots that began to develop, in earnest, in the late 1970s and early 1980s. During those decades, a number of Italian American women, such as Helen Barolini, began to publish books that depicted their perspectives on life...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0312294697
• ISBN13: 9780312294694
• Release Date: January 2002
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 203 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.3"