Writers in Transition: The Proceedings of the First National Conference of Italian Canadian Writers

Dino Minni

Guernica Editions, Spring 1990

98 pages

Trade Paperback

ISBN13: 9780920717264

ISBN10: 0920717268

English

$15.00 Canada, $15.00 US

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In September, 1986, the first national conference of Italian-Canadian writers was held in Vancouver. This book results from material presented at that conference.

These scholarly lectures comprehensively investigate the historical and political realities of Italian-Canadian writers and writing. Essays like Pasquale Verdicchio's "The Intellectual Ghetto" and "The Failure of Memory" express the belief that Canadian-Italian writing is more than immigrant literature.

The Ottawa Citizen

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