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15. Inglese e anglo-americano a Ca’ Foscari (1950-70)

Author

Perosa, Sergio

Abstract

This contribution is partially taken from a personal Memoir, with an explanatory Note at the end, on the introduction and establishment of American Literature as an independent and ‘major’ subject at Ca’ Foscari in the early 1950s (the first time in Italian universities, which would later follow our example), and its interaction/collision with English Literature as such. In a crucial historical and political period, this stirred up problems, competition, and improvement in our curricula, opening new vistas and new perspectives for the next decades., I libri di Ca’ Foscari

Published
2018
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16. A cultural, not a literary history

Author

Perosa, Sergio

Subjects
A New Literary History of America (Nonfiction work) -- Book reviews, Books -- Book reviews, Arts, visual and performing, Literature/writing
Published
2010

18. Whose Sea Is It?

Author

Perosa, Sergio

Subjects
Literature/writing
Abstract

THE INNER SEA The Mediterranean and Its People. By Robert Fox. 575 pp. New York: Alfred A. Knopf. ON the ill-advised Avenue of the Imperial Forums, which Mussolini cut through [...]

Published
1993

19. An American Constellation

Author

Perosa, Sergio

Subjects
Farrar, Straus and Giroux, Book publishing, Literature/writing
Abstract

THE JAMESES A Family Narrative. By R. W. B. Lewis. Illustrated. 696 pp. New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux. $35. At one point in his career, Henry James felt that [...]

Published
1991

21. The "Tragic Pastoral".

Author

Perosa, Sergio

Abstract

A literary criticism of the novel "The Great Gatsby,"by Scott Fitzgerald is presented. It discusses the characters in the story and reveals the corrupting power of money which becomes the central point of the novel. The literary devices used by Fitzgerald to highlight the isolation and distortion of values of the rich are also examined.

Published
2005

25. Letter from Venice: The Biennale.

Author

Perosa, Sergio

Subjects
*LETTERS, *EQUALITY
Abstract

Presents a letter to the editor in response to the article "Shrewd Old Abe," by Brooke Allen in the Spring issue.

Published
2009

26. Letter from Venice: Paradoxes at the Birth of Europe.

Author

PEROSA, SERGIO

Subjects
*ORIGIN of culture, *EXHIBITIONS, *GERMANIC peoples, ROMAN civilization
Abstract

The article presents the author's opinions regarding trends and attitudes in historical scholarship on the role of barbarian culture in the formation of Western European civilization. The museum exhibition "Rome and the Barbarians: The Birth of a New World," running in Venice, Italy in 2008, is mentioned along with criticism of the disputed influence of barbarian culture in Rome.

Published
2009

29. EROTICISM IS WATCHING ONESELF

Author

Perosa, Sergio

Subjects
Farrar, Straus and Giroux, Book publishing, Literature/writing
Abstract

LEAD: THE STANDARD LIFE OF A TEMPORARY PANTYHOSE SALESMAN By Aldo Busi. Translated by Raymond Rosenthal. 430 pp. New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux. $25. THE STANDARD LIFE OF A [...]

Published
1988

30. THE HEIRS OF CALVINO AND THE ECO EFFECT

Author

Perosa, Sergio

Subjects
Literature/writing
Abstract

LEAD: ON his sudden death two years ago, Italo Calvino left no true literary children, only nipotini, little nephews (as we call them in Italy, half affectionately, half disparagingly), and [...]

Published
1987

31. JUSTICE, VENGEANCE, HEROES AND MAFIOSI

Author

Perosa, Sergio

Subjects
Literature/writing
Abstract

SICILIAN UNCLES By Leonardo Sciascia. Translated by N.S. Thompson. 205 pp. New York: Carcanet. $15.95. LEONARDO SCIASCIA is a cool and sedate Sicilian, one of those Sicilians we are asked [...]

Published
1986

32. WHAT HENRY KNEW

Author

Perosa, Sergio

Subjects
Literature/writing
Abstract

HENRY JAMES: LITERARY CRITICISM Essays on Literature; American Writers; English Writers. 1,484 pp. New York: The Library of America. $27.50. HENRY JAMES: LITERARY CRITICISM French Writers; Other European Writers; The [...]

Published
1985

35. James's New Connections

Author

Veeder, William, primary, Donadio, Stephen, additional, Nettels, Elsa, additional, Perosa, Sergio, additional, and Purdy, Strother B., additional

Published
1981
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38. Italia E Stati Uniti Nell'Eta' Del Risorgimento E Della Guerra Civile: Atti del II Symposium di Studi Americani Firenze, 27-29 maggio 1966

Author

Rolle, Andrew, primary, Lombardo, Agostino, additional, Zolla, Elemire, additional, Celli, Aldo, additional, Anzilotti, Rolando, additional, Salomone, A. William, additional, Spini, Giorgio, additional, Manigaulte, John, additional, Arfe, Gaetano, additional, Luraghi, Raimondo, additional, Rossi, Joseph, additional, Mastellone, Salvo, additional, Woodress, James, additional, Tagliacozzo, Enzo, additional, Lalli, Biancamaria Tedeschini, additional, Gorlier, Claudio, additional, and Perosa, Sergio, additional

Published
1971
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39. The Drama of Discrimination in Henry James/Henry James: An American as Modernist/The Insecure World of Henry James's Fiction: Intensity and Ambiguity...

Author

Perosa, Sergio

Subjects
NONFICTION
Abstract

Reviews several books on U.S. novelist Henry James. "The Drama of Discrimination in Henry James," by Susan Reibel Moore; "Henry James: An American As Modernist," by Stuart Hutchinson; "The Insecure World of Henry James's Fiction: Intensity and Ambiguity," by Ralf Norrman; "Balzac, James, and the Realistic Novel," by William W. Stowe.

Published
1984

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