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Thomas J. Ferraro

Professor of English
English
Box 90015, Durham, NC 27708-0015
421 Chapel Dr., Dept of English, Durham, NC 27708-0015

Scholarly Works - Book sections


Transgression & Redemption in the 1930s

Book section · September 2018 Cite

Cultural Studies Between Heaven and Earth: Beyond the Puritan Pedagogy of /The Scarlet Letter/

Book section · 2011 The Scarlet Letter we know all too well is The Scarlet Letter of the American classroom–in the high schools especially (all those AP exams) but by no means only there–and it is this hoary Scarlet Letter that illustrates almost to a T the Protestant underst ... Cite

Boys to Men (Salvific Masculinity in /Angels with Dirty Faces/)

Book section · 2008 Featured Publication "Boys to Men" examines the redemptive force of street Catholicism–the salvific masculinity of Irish American violence, courage, and love–as enacted in the interplay between the social-work priest (Pat O’Brien) and his boyhood buddy (James Cagney) turned no ... Cite

Italian-American Literature

Book section · February 2004 Cite

Urbane Villager

Book section · 2004 Cite

Italian Americans

Book section · 2001 Cite

Catholic Writers

Book section · 1995 Cite

Mario Puzo

Book section · 1994 Cite

Whole Families Shopping at Night!

Book section · 1991 Featured Publication Cite

Avant-Garde Ethnics

Book section · 1990 Cite