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Stanco is considered one of the most sophisticated of the Italian-language fiction writers, yet it is impossible to find copies of any of his novels, so I'm happy to have one of his more famous novels (taken from the title of Edmondo De Amicis's…

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The preface by Carlo Tresca sets up the themes of the work: that believers think the soul is immortal, that there is an "eternal world" that he deems "horrible" in which believers are supposed to - according to his usual enemies, the priests - both…

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Vella, an anarchist and Spanish Civil War veteran, briefly visited the US in 1923, where he was a contributor to Il Martello, and witness for the defense in Carlo Tresca's trial for sending obscene material through the mails. Arrested at a rally in…

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Born in Palermo, Pietro Varvaro (active 1910-1950s) lived in New York in relative obscurity for the latter part of his life, visited often by Italian friends from what remained of the Sicilian nobility, such as the Prince of Niscemi. He was also…

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Valera (b. Como 1850 - d. Milano 1926) was a prolific journalist and novelist - referred to as the "Zola of Italy" - who led an even more colorful life than his confreres among anti-fascists. He spent three years in prison in the late 1880s for his…

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First produced in New York on April 19, 1931, at the Civic Repertory Theatre, Madre remains one of the best-known anti-fascist plays written and produced in America by Italians. It is discussed at some length by historian Marcella Bencivenni in…

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The subject of La Russia in fiamme is one Vacirca knew well from his interviews (while a senator in Italy) with Lenin and Trotsky: the Russian Revolution, from its inception in 1917. The first few pages feature quotations in French (Romain Rolland)…

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See the description of Peccato e luce of Tusiani for his biography.

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Giuseppe (later, Joseph) Tusiani (b. San Marco in Lamis (Puglia) 1924 - d. New York 2020) was a poet who composed in four languages -  Italian, Gargano dialect, Latin and English - an academic teacher of Italian literature, and a translator.…

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The cover of this pamphlet (as well as the English language version, in English) notes “Con prefazioni di Arturo Giovannitti e John Dos Passos.” In the earlier (1945) English language version, also in the collection, the goal is stated: to incite…

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The premiere performance of this play opened at the Central Opera House, located at 205 East 67th Street in New York on Sunday, December 13, 1925. It was based on actual historical circumstances — namely, a staged attentato, or attempt (to…

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Libero Tancredi was the journalistic pseudonym of Massimo Rocca (b. Torino 1884 - d. Salò 1973). This work dates from Rocca's youth, when he wrote for anarchist and syndicalist newspapers. However, by the beginning of 1920, he flirted with and then…

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This six-month period of Il Carroccio in 1932 contains essays by Mussolini in nearly every monthly issue, as well as pro-fascist poetry in several issues by Rosa Zagnoni Marinoni, the poet laureate of Arkansas, and essays by Edward Corsi, Giuseppe…

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The title of one essay by a non-Italian (P.W. Wilson) - "Two Men Who Stand As Symbols  - Pius XI and Mussolini," stands out.Some poems by one Anna Lannutti in the December issue stand out for the frequent phenomenon we have seen, of the politics of…

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See both the description in the 1915 volume below (Il Carroccio, Anno 1, Vol. 2, Nos. 7-12 - Agosto [August] - Dicembre [December] 1915) and in the hyperlink for the "main entry" at the end (1915-1932) for its history and place in Italian American…

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Essays and verse by some of the regulars of Il Carroccio for years, such as Mussolini and Balbo (essays) and Rosa Zagnoni Marinoni and Rodolfo Pucelli (verse).See both the description in the 1915 volume below (Il Carroccio, Anno 1, Vol. 2, Nos. 7-12…

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See both the description in the 1915 volume below (Il Carroccio, Anno 1, Vol. 2, Nos. 7-12 - Agosto [August] - Dicembre [December] 1915) and in the "main entry" hyperlinked at the end (1915-1932) for Il Carroccio's history and place in Italian…

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See both the description in the 1915 volume below (Il Carroccio, Anno 1, Vol. 2, Nos. 7-12 - Agosto [August] - Dicembre [December] 1915) and in the "main entry" hyperlinked at the end (1915-1932) for Il Carroccio's history and place in Italian…

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See both the description in the 1915 volume below (Il Carroccio, Anno 1, Vol. 2, Nos. 7-12 - Agosto [August] - Dicembre [December] 1915) and in the "main entry" hyperlinked at the end (1915-1932) for Il Carroccio's history and place in Italian…

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See both the description in the 1915 volume below (Il Carroccio, Anno 1, Vol. 2, Nos. 7-12 - Agosto [August] - Dicembre [December] 1915) and in the "main entry" hyperlinked at the end (1915-1932) for Il Carroccio's history and place in Italian…

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See both the description in the 1915 volume below (Il Carroccio, Anno 1, Vol. 2, Nos. 7-12 - Agosto [August] - Dicembre [December] 1915) and in the "main entry" hyperlinked at the end (1915-1932) for Il Carroccio's history and place in Italian…

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See both the description in the 1915 volume below (Il Carroccio, Anno 1, Vol. 2, Nos. 7-12 - Agosto [August] - Dicembre [December] 1915) and in the "main entry" hyperlinked at the end (1915-1932) for Il Carroccio's history and place in Italian…

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See both the description in the 1915 volume below (Il Carroccio, Anno 1, Vol. 2, Nos. 7-12 - Agosto [August] - Dicembre [December] 1915) and in the "main entry" hyperlinked at the end (1915-1932) for Il Carroccio's history and place in Italian…

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See both the description in the 1915 volume below (Il Carroccio, Anno 1, Vol. 2, Nos. 7-12 - Agosto [August] - Dicembre [December] 1915) and in the "main entry" hyperlinked at the end (1915-1932) for Il Carroccio's history and place in Italian…

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See both the description in the 1915 volume below (Il Carroccio, Anno 1, Vol. 2, Nos. 7-12 - Agosto [August] - Dicembre [December] 1915) and in the "main entry" hyperlinked at the end (1915-1932) for Il Carroccio's history and place in Italian…
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