Chiaroscuro Essays of Identity Author:Helen Barolini, Univ of Wisconsin Pr "A lively, lucid, and often extremely moving collection of essays."-Sandra Gilbert, University of California, Davis Part memoir, part social commentary, and part literary criticism, Helen Barolini's Chiaroscuro seems to me not only profoundly original but also of crucial importance in establishing the contours of an Italian-American traditi... more »on. Spanning a quarter century of work, Barolini's essays explore her personal search, literature as a formative influence, and the turning of the personal into the political. Included in Chiaroscuro is an updated re- introduction to Barolini's American Book Award collection, The Dream Book: Anthology of Writings by Italian American Women, a landmark of literary criticism. Spanning a quarter century of work, the essays in Helen Barolini's Chiaroscuro explore her personal search; literature as a formative influence; and the turning of the personal into the political. Included in Chiaroscuro is an updated re-introduction to Barolini's American Book Award-winning collection, The Dream Book: An Anthology of Writings by Italian-American Women.« less