The Mirage of America in Contemporary Italian Literature and Film

✍ Scribed by Barbara Alfano

Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Year: 2013
Tongue: English
Leaves: 198
Category: Library

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✦ Synopsis

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.

✦ Table of Contents

Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. Wandering Subjects
2. America Ubiqua
3. On a Trip to America: The “I” Travels
4. American Arcadia
5. Historicizing the Dream: A Documented Eye on America
Conclusion
Notes
Works Cited
Index of Names and Titles

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