Pasquale Verdicchio

A critical exploration of Pasquale Verdicchio's contributions to Italian-Canadian literature and post-immigrant studies.

This collection of ten essays delves into the intricate themes of immigration, migration, and history as reflected in Pasquale Verdicchio's poetry and scholarship. Giuliana Gardellini, Joseph Pivato, and other scholars analyze Verdicchio's unconventional forms and contents, revealing the challenges of being a marginalized ethnic voice in North American culture. His work defies conventional poetic models, presenting itself as a puzzle that explores the roles of politics, history, and culture in self-analytical writing.

Verdicchio's central theme revolves around a "moving" cultural landscape, inhabited by the immigrant from the moment they leave their native home. His ever-changing persona challenges linguistic and literary constraints, daringly questioning nostalgia in ethnic poetry and contributing to immigrant and post-immigrant studies. This volume repositions the post-immigrant identity within our increasingly pluricultural societies, making it essential reading for those interested in Canadian literature and cultural studies.