Where Your Gods Are, There Your Home Is: a Motif in Italian-American and Italian-Canadian Poetry
Keywords:
journey, spirituality, migrationAbstract
This essay examines the role of the “religion of the home” at various stages of the immigrant’s journey, from rupture to settlement, as presented in writings of John Ciardi, Joseph Bathanti, Mary di Michele, Pier Giorgio Di Cicco, and Antonino Mazza.
Là dove sono i tuoi dei, là è la tua casa: il tema del viaggio nella letteratura italo-americana e italo-canadese
Il saggio esamina il ruolo della ‘religione della propria casa’ nelle varie fasi del viaggio, dal momento del distacco dell’emigrante a quello dell’insediamento nella nuova realtà, come dimostrano gli scritti di John Ciardi, Joseph Bathanti, Mary di Michele, Pier Giorgio Di Cicco e Antonino Mazza.
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