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BL
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989098
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b743468
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| Main Entry
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Messenger, Christian K.,1943-
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| Title & Author
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The Godfather and American culture : : how the Corleones became "Our Gang" /\ Chris Messenger.
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| Publication Statement
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Albany :: State University of New York Press,, ©2002.
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| Series Statement
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SUNY series in Italian/American culture
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1 online resource (vii, 344 pages) :: illustrations
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| ISBN
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0585471029
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: 0791488705
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: 9780791488706
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079145357X
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0791453588
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9780791453575
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9780791453582
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9780791488706
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 317-325) and index.
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| Contents
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Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part I : Popular fiction criticism and American careers -- Popular fiction : taste, sentiment, and the culture of criticism ; Mario Puzo : an American writer's career -- Part II : Reading The godfather : critical strategies and theoretical models ; Bakhtin and Puzo : authority as the family business ; The godfather and the ethnic ensemble ; Barthes and Puzo : the authority of the signifier -- Part III : Positioning The godfather in American narrative study -- The godfather and melodrama : authorizing the Corleones as American heroes ; Corleones as Our gang : The godfather interrogated by Doctorow's Ragtime ; American inadvertent epic : The godfather copied ; The godfather sung by The Sopranos.
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Puzo, Mario,1920-1999., Godfather.
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Corleone family (Fictitious characters)
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Criminals in literature.
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Families in literature.
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Italian Americans in literature.
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Mafia in literature.
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Corleone family (Fictitious characters)
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Criminals in literature.
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Families in literature.
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Italian Americans in literature.
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LITERARY CRITICISM-- American-- General.
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Mafia in literature.
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Godfather (Puzo, Mario)
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| Dewey Classification
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813/.54
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| LC Classification
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PS3566.U9G63 2002eb
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