Cesare Pavese and Antonio Chiuminatto: Their Correspondence
Italian poet, novelist, literary critic and translator Cesare Pavese (1908-1950) is generally recognized as one of the most important writers of his period. Between the years 1929 and 1933, Pavese enjoyed a rich correspondence with his Italian American friend, the musician and educator Antonio Chiuminatto (1904-1973). The nature of this correspondence is primarily related to Pavese's thirst to learn about American culture, its latest books, its most significant contemporary writers, as well...
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'This volume is an invaluable tool for the study of Cesare Pavese's Americanism, in particular, but also of his notions on writing, in general. Particularly notable is its illumination of Pavese's linguistic development in the English language. Pietralunga's edition will prove fascinating to anyone interested in the socio-cultural exchange between Italy and the United States during the first half of the twentieth century.'-Anthony Julian Tamburri, Dean, John D. Calandra Italian American Institute, Queens College/CUNY
Editor's Note viiIntroduction 3Correspondence 25Chiuminatto's Explanations of Slang and Non-Slang Expressions 173Index 303
