JOHN LOUIS DiGAETANI is a Professor of English at Hofstra University. His previous books include Carlo Gozzi: Translations of The Love of Three Oranges, Turandot, and The Snake Lady with a Bio-Critical Introduction (Greenwood Press, 1988), Puccini the Thinker, An Invitation to the Opera, Richard Wagner and the Modern British Novel, and Penetrating Wagner's Ring: An Anthology.

• Foreword by Eric BentleyIntroduction: Pirandello's Life and Work by John Louis DiGaetaniChronologyPirandello's WorldPirandello and Philosophy by Gustavo CostaPirandello's Philosophy and Philosophers by Daniela BiniReluctant Pilgrim: Pirandello's Journey Toward the Modern Stage by Jana O'Keefe BazzoniWoman or Mother? Feminine Conditions in Pirandello's Theater by Mary Ann Frese WittPirandello's Literary Uses of Theosophical Notions by Antonio IllianoMedical Ethics in the Plays of Luigi Pirandello by Angela BelliBackground InformationPirandello: The Sicilian Experience by George BernsteinPirandello and Surrealism by Vincenzo BollettinoSetting the Scene: Theater in Italy Before Pirandello by Jennifer LorchThe Hidden Image in Pirandello and Shakespeare by Matthew N. ProserPirandello's PlaysAmbiguity in "Six Characters in Search of an Author" by Gaspare GiudicePirandello's "Six Characters" and Surrealism by Anna Balakian"The Delusion of Mutual Understanding": Structure, Language, and Meaning in "Six Characters" by Umberto Mariani"Six Characters in Search of an Author" and Its Critique of Traditional Theater: Mimesis and Metamimesis by Emanuele LicastroOn Henry IV by Maurice ValencyHenry IV--The Tragic Humorist by Susan BassnettTonight We Improvise: Spectacle and Tragedy by Olga RagusaPirandello's InfluenceA Hole Torn in a Paper Sky: Pirandello and Modern Drama by Martin EsslinPirandellian Humor and Modern French Drama by David A. PowellAlter Egos: Clown Power and Enactment in Pirandello and Fo by Jana O'Keefe BazzoniPirandello's Work in ProductionInterviews with Robert Brustein and Sandro Sequi by John Louis DiGaetaniPirandello, the Actor, and Performance by Estelle AdenPirandello's Women on Stage: Theories and Techniques by Mimi Gisolfi D'ApontePirandello's Non-Theatrical WorksPirandello as Novelist by Glauco CambonLuigi Pirandello as Writer of Short Fiction and Novels by Douglas Radcliff-UmsteadPhilosophical Humor and Narrative Subtext in Pirandello's Novels by Robert S. DombroskiNature as Structural-Stylist Motive in Novelle Per Un Anno by Maria Rosaria Vitti-AlexanderAppendices: Three Poems by Luigi PirandelloA Production History of "Six Characters in Search of an Author" and "Henry IV" by Jana O'Keefe BazzoniA List of Pirandello's PublicationsA Pirandello Bibliography by Mimi Gisolfi D'AponteIndex

JOHN LOUIS DiGAETANI is a Professor of English at Hofstra University. His previous books include Carlo Gozzi: Translations of The Love of Three Oranges, Turandot, and The Snake Lady with a Bio-Critical Introduction (Greenwood Press, 1988), Puccini the Thinker, An Invitation to the Opera, Richard Wagner and the Modern British Novel, and Penetrating Wagner's Ring: An Anthology.

• Foreword by Eric BentleyIntroduction: Pirandello's Life and Work by John Louis DiGaetaniChronologyPirandello's WorldPirandello and Philosophy by Gustavo CostaPirandello's Philosophy and Philosophers by Daniela BiniReluctant Pilgrim: Pirandello's Journey Toward the Modern Stage by Jana O'Keefe BazzoniWoman or Mother? Feminine Conditions in Pirandello's Theater by Mary Ann Frese WittPirandello's Literary Uses of Theosophical Notions by Antonio IllianoMedical Ethics in the Plays of Luigi Pirandello by Angela BelliBackground InformationPirandello: The Sicilian Experience by George BernsteinPirandello and Surrealism by Vincenzo BollettinoSetting the Scene: Theater in Italy Before Pirandello by Jennifer LorchThe Hidden Image in Pirandello and Shakespeare by Matthew N. ProserPirandello's PlaysAmbiguity in "Six Characters in Search of an Author" by Gaspare GiudicePirandello's "Six Characters" and Surrealism by Anna Balakian"The Delusion of Mutual Understanding": Structure, Language, and Meaning in "Six Characters" by Umberto Mariani"Six Characters in Search of an Author" and Its Critique of Traditional Theater: Mimesis and Metamimesis by Emanuele LicastroOn Henry IV by Maurice ValencyHenry IV--The Tragic Humorist by Susan BassnettTonight We Improvise: Spectacle and Tragedy by Olga RagusaPirandello's InfluenceA Hole Torn in a Paper Sky: Pirandello and Modern Drama by Martin EsslinPirandellian Humor and Modern French Drama by David A. PowellAlter Egos: Clown Power and Enactment in Pirandello and Fo by Jana O'Keefe BazzoniPirandello's Work in ProductionInterviews with Robert Brustein and Sandro Sequi by John Louis DiGaetaniPirandello, the Actor, and Performance by Estelle AdenPirandello's Women on Stage: Theories and Techniques by Mimi Gisolfi D'ApontePirandello's Non-Theatrical WorksPirandello as Novelist by Glauco CambonLuigi Pirandello as Writer of Short Fiction and Novels by Douglas Radcliff-UmsteadPhilosophical Humor and Narrative Subtext in Pirandello's Novels by Robert S. DombroskiNature as Structural-Stylist Motive in Novelle Per Un Anno by Maria Rosaria Vitti-AlexanderAppendices: Three Poems by Luigi PirandelloA Production History of "Six Characters in Search of an Author" and "Henry IV" by Jana O'Keefe BazzoniA List of Pirandello's PublicationsA Pirandello Bibliography by Mimi Gisolfi D'AponteIndex

JOHN LOUIS DiGAETANI is a Professor of English at Hofstra University. His previous books include Carlo Gozzi: Translations of The Love of Three Oranges, Turandot, and The Snake Lady with a Bio-Critical Introduction (Greenwood Press, 1988), Puccini the Thinker, An Invitation to the Opera, Richard Wagner and the Modern British Novel, and Penetrating Wagner's Ring: An Anthology.

• Foreword by Eric BentleyIntroduction: Pirandello's Life and Work by John Louis DiGaetaniChronologyPirandello's WorldPirandello and Philosophy by Gustavo CostaPirandello's Philosophy and Philosophers by Daniela BiniReluctant Pilgrim: Pirandello's Journey Toward the Modern Stage by Jana O'Keefe BazzoniWoman or Mother? Feminine Conditions in Pirandello's Theater by Mary Ann Frese WittPirandello's Literary Uses of Theosophical Notions by Antonio IllianoMedical Ethics in the Plays of Luigi Pirandello by Angela BelliBackground InformationPirandello: The Sicilian Experience by George BernsteinPirandello and Surrealism by Vincenzo BollettinoSetting the Scene: Theater in Italy Before Pirandello by Jennifer LorchThe Hidden Image in Pirandello and Shakespeare by Matthew N. ProserPirandello's PlaysAmbiguity in "Six Characters in Search of an Author" by Gaspare GiudicePirandello's "Six Characters" and Surrealism by Anna Balakian"The Delusion of Mutual Understanding": Structure, Language, and Meaning in "Six Characters" by Umberto Mariani"Six Characters in Search of an Author" and Its Critique of Traditional Theater: Mimesis and Metamimesis by Emanuele LicastroOn Henry IV by Maurice ValencyHenry IV--The Tragic Humorist by Susan BassnettTonight We Improvise: Spectacle and Tragedy by Olga RagusaPirandello's InfluenceA Hole Torn in a Paper Sky: Pirandello and Modern Drama by Martin EsslinPirandellian Humor and Modern French Drama by David A. PowellAlter Egos: Clown Power and Enactment in Pirandello and Fo by Jana O'Keefe BazzoniPirandello's Work in ProductionInterviews with Robert Brustein and Sandro Sequi by John Louis DiGaetaniPirandello, the Actor, and Performance by Estelle AdenPirandello's Women on Stage: Theories and Techniques by Mimi Gisolfi D'ApontePirandello's Non-Theatrical WorksPirandello as Novelist by Glauco CambonLuigi Pirandello as Writer of Short Fiction and Novels by Douglas Radcliff-UmsteadPhilosophical Humor and Narrative Subtext in Pirandello's Novels by Robert S. DombroskiNature as Structural-Stylist Motive in Novelle Per Un Anno by Maria Rosaria Vitti-AlexanderAppendices: Three Poems by Luigi PirandelloA Production History of "Six Characters in Search of an Author" and "Henry IV" by Jana O'Keefe BazzoniA List of Pirandello's PublicationsA Pirandello Bibliography by Mimi Gisolfi D'AponteIndex