Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Preface vii
4. 1. Stendhal and Italy 1
5. 2. The Unbroken Charm: New Englanders in Italy 182
6. 3. Isle of the Dead 251
7. 4. From Italophilia to Italophobia: Italian Americans in the Gilded Age 329
8. 5. Puccini’s American Theme 361
9. 6. ‘To Die Is Not Enough!’: Hemingway and D’Annunzio 393
10. 7. The Hidden Godfather: Plenitude and Absence in Coppola’s Trilogy 434
11. 8. The Representation of Italian Americans in American Cinema: From the Silent Film to The Godfather 493
12. Notes 641
13. Index Across 841