Table of Contents

1) Introduction

2) Dialogue as Italian American Speech in Christ in Concrete

3) Poetic Realism in Christ in Concrete's Prose

4) Sex and Violence in This Woman

5) Three Circles of Light: Fiction, Memoir, or Both?

6) Conclusion

Works Cited

Thesis Committee:

Head:
Professor Wolfgang Mieder

Advisor:
Professor Alfred Rosa

Reader:
Professor Richard Sweterlitsch



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