Traveling Italy, Writing America Andrea Geiger If we wish to understand

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Traveling Italy, Writing America Andrea Geiger If we wish to understandIlluminates why Italy continues to captivate the American imagination, connecting classic literature to contemporary memoirs and popular media that still view Italy as a site of transformation, desire, and reflection Traveling Italy, Writing America argues that the American idea of Italy, at once sunny and dark, refined and excessive, has played a crucial role in shaping both U. S. national identity and Italian American literary self fashioning. The