The Anthology of Italian-Canadian Writing, Vol. 52
Anthology. Fiction. Poetry. Some translations from Italian and French, edited and with an introduction by Joseph Pivato. The most inclusive collection of its kind in North America, this anthology includes a wide variety of genres, from fiction and poetry to essays, plays, film scripts and memoirs. The more than fifty authors represented come from across Canada and have backgrounds in all regions of Italy. Organized in three sections, Writers from Our Past, Writers for Our Time, and Ironies...
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This is truly the anthology of Italian-Canadian writing. It is the most inclusive collection of its kind in North America. A wide variety of genres are presented: short stories, poems, sketches, essays, plays, film scripts, novels, prose poems, life-writing, political articles, and memoirs. The authors - over fifty in all - come from across Canada and represent all ages and regions of Italy, and write in English, French, Italian, or dialect. This anthology is made for enjoyable general reading and is an excellent text for high schools, colleges, and universities.
Introduction9Editor's Note18Sect. 1Writers from Our PastBreve Relatione21Winter Night27The City Without Women28Ricordo Bene Quella Sera31Scrivere34Italian Language Writers: A Commentary35Sect. 2Writers for Our Time(Back)Water43Details From the Canadian Mosaic54Stealing Persimmons61The Gift77A Mimosa in Winter86A Man Called Beppino94Surface Tension100Among the Hills and Beyond the Sea105Mythologies111Echoes in the Garden113Italy: Spring 1920115Writer and Lawyer120Il Carretto123To My Friend, Nino124The Scissors125Haiku140Coming to Terms with the Mother Tongue143Giulio Visits a Friend156A Laura Secord Box163Poems for Giovanni Caboto166Francesca's Way171His Last Visit and Two Poems179The Ache Within182My Old Man191Babel195Letter and Reconsidering the Southern Question200Fountain215Sect. 3Ironies of IdentityThe Life and Fortune of Nicola Masso247Sarrasine254Growing Up with the Movies2601989271Mamma281Montpel(l)ier283Benvenuta, primavera285Rome Afterwar286Passeggiata Di Sogno288Reminiscences and Fairy Tale299My Grandfather Didn't307Stained Glass309The Old Man End of Things313A Crypto-Ethnic Confession314Voiceless People and Addolorata324November Crossing334Sammy's in Love343Wanting a Baby351Writing the Minority Subject360Biographies367Selected Bibliography for Italian-Canadian Writing381Acknowledgements385
