Cesare Pavese and Antonio Chiuminatto

Their Correspondence

AvMark Pietralunga

Häftad, Engelska, 2007

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Beskrivning

Italian poet, novelist, literary critic and translator Cesare Pavese (1908-1950) is generally recognized as one of the most important writers of his period. Between the years 1929 and 1933, Pavese enjoyed a rich correspondence with his Italian American friend, the musician and educator Antonio Chiuminatto (1904-1973). The nature of this correspondence is primarily related to Pavese's thirst to learn about American culture, its latest books, its most significant contemporary writers, as well as its slang. This volume presents an annotated edition of Pavese and Chiminatto's complete epistolary exchange.Mark Pietralunga's brilliant introduction provides historical and cultural context for the letters and traces Pavese's early development as a leading Americanist and translator. The volume also includes an appendix of Chiuminatto's detailed annotations and thorough explanations of colloquial American terms and slang, drawn from the works of Sinclair Lewis, Sherwood Anderson, and William Faulkner. A lively and illuminating exchange, this collection ultimately corroborates critical opinion that America was the igniting spark of Pavese's literary beginnings as a writer and translator.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2007-12-15
Mått:152 x 229 x 25 mm
Vikt:1 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Heritage
Antal sidor:320
Förlag:University of Toronto Press
ISBN:9781487587192

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Mer om författaren

Mark Pietralunga is the Victor B. Oelschlager Professor of Modern Languages in the Department of Modern Languages and Linguistics at Florida State University.

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‘Pietralunga’s meticulous and very well-structured edition of the letters exchanged between Pavese and Chiuminatto offers an outstanding opportunity for readers to familiarize themselves with literary work produced in America and Italy throughout the 1920s and 1930s. This compilation could not have come at a better time, especially as it allows a more in-depth understanding of Pavese’s emblematic role as a translator and Americanist. The body of footnotes and appendixes included in this volume should prove an invaluable resource as well.’ Vincenzo Binetti, Department of Romance Languages and Literature , University of Michigan‘This volume is an invaluable tool for the study of Cesare Pavese’s Americanism, in particular, but also of his notions on writing, in general. Particularly notable is its illumination of Pavese’s linguistic development in the English language. Pietralunga’s edition will prove fascinating to anyone interested in the socio-cultural exchange between Italy and the United States during the first half of the twentieth century.’ - Anthony Julian Tamburri (Dean), John D. Calandra (Italian American Institute, Queens College, CUNY)