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Author Alfano, Barbara, author

Title The mirage of America in contemporary Italian literature and film / Barbara Alfano
Published Toronto [Ontario] : University of Toronto Press, 2013
Beaconsfield, Quebec : Canadian Electronic Library, 2013

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Description 1 online resource (viii, 190 pages)
Series Toronto Italian studies
Toronto Italian studies.
Contents Introduction -- Wandering subjects -- America ubiqua -- On a trip to America : the "I" travels -- American Arcadia -- Historicizing the dream : a documented eye on America -- Conclusion
Summary The Mirage of America in Contemporary Italian Literature and Film explores the use of images associated with the United States in Italian novels and films released between the 1980s and the 2000s
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 179-187) and index
Subject Italian fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism
Italian fiction -- 21st century -- History and criticism
Italian literature -- American influences
Motion pictures -- Italy -- History and criticism
Motion pictures, Italian -- History and criticism
LITERARY CRITICISM -- European -- Italian.
Italian fiction
Literature
Motion pictures
Motion pictures, Italian
SUBJECT United States -- In literature
United States -- In motion pictures. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85141046
Subject Italy
United States
Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781442699113
1442699116