With Your Words in My Hands: The Letters of Antonietta Petris and Loris Palma 9780228007142
A new perspective on migration from the pages of love letters. Following Antonietta and Loris's first kiss in the
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Table of contents :
Cover
With Your Words in My Hands
Title
Copyright
Dedication
Contents
Foreword
Acknowledgments
Figures
Introduction: Love in the Midst of Migration
Part One “Neither Here nor There” The Letters from September 1948 to December 1948
1 “That day an abyss opened under my feet” Mobility in the Immediate Postwar Era
2 “I will know how to wait knowing this is the last time” Writing and Waiting across National Boundaries
3 “This is America for the crazy!” Linguistic Currents in Postwar Montreal
4 “Christmas trees are everywhere” Reconciling a New Christmas Celebration
Part Two “Worlds Apart, and Near to Heart” The Letters from January 1949 to July 1949
5 “A new year, a new life” Optimism and Melancholy Gazing into the Future
6 “Imagine your Nietta, sadder than ever” Traumas of Separation and Displacement
7 “It almost feels like you are already here” The Metonymy of Writing and Feelings of Proximity
8 “Did you think I was sleeping here?” Women’s Agency in Migration
9 “You are lovely, season of springtime” The Poetics of Nature and Writings of Distant Love
10 “Come on, my darling, it’s your turn now” Leaving for Love
Afterword
Bibliography
Index
