Includes bibliographical references (pages [98]-100).
Contents
Early narratives by Italian Americans: Luigi Palma di Cesnola's "Ten months in Libby Prison" -- Monaca o strega?: the Catholic missionary as outsider in Sister Blandina Segale's At the end of the Santa Fe Trail -- A "lost soul" in America: Emanuel Carnevali's autobiography -- The Italian American man's burden: masculinity in John Fante and Jerre Mangione -- A dissenter's return: John Fante's novel for the 1980s -- "In the name of the farther": the poetry of Pasquale Verdicchio.