Thursday, May 8 | 4:00pm | Sproul 912
Professor Buonomo will join us to present his new book, which offers the first full-length study of Henry James's relationship with, and literary treatment of, New York. New York compelled James to confront both his status as an American-born male artist and his age's prevailing notions of gender, sexuality, class, citizenship, and success. Tracing James's attachment to the city and how it evolved during his lifetime, this book examines a wide range of James's works, from his short stories and novels to his non-fiction writing.
Leonardo Buonomo studied at the University of Venice, Italy, and the University of California, San Diego, where he earned a Ph.D. in English and American Literature in 1991. He is now Professor of American Literature at the University of Trieste, Italy. He has published on American writers including James Fenimore Cooper, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Margaret Fuller, Herman Melville, Henry James, as well as on Italian American literature, and is the author of Backward Glances: Exploring Italy, Reinterpreting America (1831-1866), From Pioneer to Nomad: Essays on Italian North American Writing, and Immigration, Ethnicity, and Class in American Writing (1830-1860): Reading the Stranger.
