Poets of the Italian Diaspora
A Bilingual Anthology
ISBN13: 9780823232543ISBN10: 0823232549
Paperback,
1115 pages
May 2012,
Not Yet Published
Price:
$45.00 (01)A Fordham University Press Publication
Description
In the century between 1870 and 1970, about twenty-seven million migrants left Italy to work and live abroad. As a result, the worldwide Italian diaspora reportedly numbers more than sixty million people. Until now, however, there has not been an anthology devoted to the literature of the Italian diaspora that places it in a global context. This landmark volume presents a truly international selection of works by more than seventy Italian-language poets who are writing in countries from Australia to Venezuela. Their poetry is collected here into eleven geographical regions. The history and current state of Italian-language poetry in each region receives a critical overview by a knowledgeable scholar, who also introduces each poet and provides a bibliography of his or her work. All poems appear on facing pages in both Italian and English.Poets of the Italian Diaspora is part of a long-range project, by the editors and contributors, to expand the boundaries of the Italian literary canon.Reviews
An outstanding pioneering work that will mark a milestone in Italian Studies and will serve as the foundation of a new discipline, the literature of the Italian Diaspora.-Sante Matteo
About the Author(s)
Luigi Bonaffini is Professor of Italian at Brooklyn College. He is the editor of the Journal of Italian Translation.
Joseph Perricone is Professor of Italian andComparative Literature at Fordham University. He is the book review editor of the Journal of Italian Translation.
