Download or read book Transnational Networks and the Italian Reinvention of Walt Whitman, 1870-1930 written by Caterina Bernardini and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For Italian literati, reading Whitman, echoing, "imitating" his poetry, or even criticizing it and opposing it, was always a way to go "beyond" their situated, present Italian-ness, and to confront and dialogue with their idea of otherness, of "America", of modernity. Reading, translating, and responding to Whitman was a powerful way to question, redefine, innovate, and often attack Italian literature and culture.