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Special Issue on “Pirandello and Alienation: Man, Modernity,Technology”

Editors: Michael Subialka and Lisa Sarti
Guest Editors: Ana Ilievska and Andrea Sartori
Managing Editor: Laura A. Lucci

Editors’ Note
Lisa Sarti and Michael Subialka
Guest Editors’ Introduction
Ana Ilievska and Andrea Sartori
In Memoriam
AGAINST ALL ODDS: THE LEGACY OF GIUSEPPE FAUSTINI (1949-2024)
Giuseppe Bolognese
REMEMBERING PROFESSOR UMBERTO MARIANI (1927-2024)
Simona Wright
ESSAYS
ALIENATIO MENTIS, HUMOR, CONTEMPLATION. LUIGI PIRANDELLO AND THE POETICS OF DISINTEREST
Davide Savio
“IS THERE ANY LOGIC?”: GROUNDLESSNESS, THE POSSIBLE, AND EMPATHY IN LUIGI PIRANDELLO’S “THE TRAGEDY OF A CHARACTER” (1911)
Andrea Sartori
RE-TRACING THE INDIVIDUAL IN THE LATE MATTIA PASCAL: ON DEMOCRACY'S SUICIDAL TENDENCIES
Nicholas Straehl
IMAGINED ORDERS: LIMINAL AGENCY IN THE LATE MATTIA PASCAL
John Mastrogianakos
PIRANDELLIAN REFLECTIONS IN BLACK MIRROR
Alessio Aletta
WOMEN AND ALIENATION FROM NARRATIVE TO THEATER IN PIRANDELLO’S WORKS
Daniela Bini
MY BODY/MY MONSTER: AUTOBIOGRAPHY AND TESTIMONY IN PIRANDELLO’S QUADERNI DI SERAFINO GUBBIO OPERATORE
Amanda Recupero
ALIENATED FROM NATURE: SULFUR EXTRACTION AND PIRANDELLO’S ENVIRONMENTAL SENSIBILITY
Roberto Ferrini
WORDS, SILENCE: SERAFINO YESTERDAY AND TODAY
Antonio Sichera
ALIENAZIONE IN I VECCHI E I GIOVANI BY LUIGI PIRANDELLO
Maria Rosaria Vitti-Alexander
DRAMATURGIES
PIRANDELLIAN DRAMATURGIES, FOURTH EDITION: NON-HUMAN ACTORS
Stefano Boselli
HOW COULD YOU?
R. Johns
MILAN AND AROUND THE WORLD IN SECONDS
Joshua Piper
LET’S GET IT OVER WITH
Timothy Krause
THE CHOICE
Nick Gabriel
BOOK & PERFORMANCE REVIEWS
[BOOK REVIEW] ROSA ERRICO. PIRANDELLO E HUSSERL: DALL’ESTETICA DELLA FANTASIA AL LINGUAGGIO [PIRANDELLO AND HUSSERL: FROM THE AESTHETICS OF FANTASY TO LANGUAGE]. PISA AND ROME: RUBBETTINO, 2022.
Michael Subialka
[PERFORMANCE REVIEW] STAGING SICILIAN HERITAGE: TARARÀ AND THE ART OF TRANSLATING PIRANDELLO FOR GLOBAL AUDIENCES
Lisa Sarti
[PERFORMANCE REVIEW] SIX CHARACTERS IN SEARCH OF AN AUTHOR. ADAPTED BY NICK GABRIEL
Daniela Bini[PERFORMANCE REVIEW] SIX CHARACTERS IN SEARCH OF AN AUTHOR. ADAPTED AND DIRECTED BY NICK GABRIEL IN SAN DIEGO, CA.
Antonio Iannotta

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Editors: Michael Subialka and Lisa Sarti
Managing Editor: Laura A. Lucci

Editors’ Note
Lisa Sarti and Michael Subialka
ESSAYS
THE STEPDAUGHTER AS RAISONNEUSE: TOWARDS A FEMININE READING OF THE PIRANDELLIAN CHARACTER
Annunziata Zevola
LIVING SPONTANEOUSLY BY BEING ONE WITH THE WORLD: ZEN IN UNA GIORNATA, THE LAST VOLUME OF PIRANDELLO’S NOVELLE PER UN ANNO
Enrico Vettore
THE HUMOR OF RETROSPECTIVITY: DISSOLUTION AND RESISTANCE IN THE LATE MATTIA PASCAL AND ONE, NO ONE, AND ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND
Lorenzo Mecozzi
METAFICTION AS THE EXPRESSION OF CRISIS: THE CASE OF LUIGI PIRANDELLO AND MIGUEL DE UNAMUNO
Francesca Magario
THE “SIX CHARACTERS” OF GIUSEPPE FAVA’S DELIRIO (1980)
Pierlorenzo Randazzo
IN CONVERSATION
GIVING A VOICE TO THE VOICELESS: THE FICTIONAL TRUTH OF MARIA ANTONIETTA PORTULANO
Alessio Arena in conversation with Lisa Sarti
ADAPTING PIRANDELLO’S THE LATE MATTIA PASCAL FOR THE CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN STAGE
Will Eno in conversation with Michael Subialka
CREATIVE WORK
DEATH OF THE LATE MATTIE PASCAL, AN EXCERPT
Will Eno
SIX CHARACTERS IN SEARCH OF AN AUTHOR, AN ADAPTATION
Nick Gabriel
THE TRAP, AN ADAPTATION
William Hugel
DRAMATURGIES
PIRANDELLIAN DRAMATURGIES, THIRD EDITION: COMIC AND GROTESQUE
Stefano Boselli
STEFANO IN LOVE
Hal Gelb
JOKE OF THE CENTURY
Miles Anthony
MEOLA
Robert Brophy
BOOK REVIEWS
ELENA TARDONATO FALIERE. LUIGI PIRANDELLO. ROSARIO: LABORDE EDITOR, 2023.
Jorge Jiménez Bellver
MAN, BEAST, AND VIRTUE BY LUIGI PIRANDELLO. TRANSLATED BY ALICE ROHE. EDITED BY GIUSEPPE BOLOGNESE. NEW YORK: BORDIGHERA PRESS, 2024.
Michael Subialka
PERFORMANCE REVIEW
UNA VERDE VENA DI FOLLIA [A GREEN VEIN OF MADNESS] BY ALESSIO ARENA. DIRECTED BY EMANUELA GIORDANO IN PALERMO.
Enrico Rosolino

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Editors: Michael Subialka and Lisa Sarti
Managing Editor: Laura A. Lucci

Editors’ Note
Lisa Sarti and Michael Subialka
TRIBUTES & IN MEMORIAM
ENRICO BAZZONI, IN MEMORIAM
Michael Subialka
MARIO FRATTI, IN MEMORIAM
Susan Tenneriello
A TRIBUTE TO THE SERVICE OF JANA O’KEEFFE BAZZONI CO-PRESIDENT OF THE PIRANDELLO SOCIETY OF AMERICA FROM 2003-2022
Mimi D’Aponte
ESSAYS
FROM “IL SIGNORINO” TO “TANINO E TANOTTO”: PIRANDELLO’S “DOUBLE” CONFLICT
Ombretta Frau
LUIGI PIRANDELLO MAKES HIS DEBUT IN PALERMO: THE FIRST TRACES OF NOVELLE PER UN ANNO IN HIS YOUTHFUL WORK (1884-1887)
Maria Collevecchio
THE LUCID MADNESS OF BELLUCA IN PIRANDELLO’S “THE TRAIN HAS WHISTLED”
Carlo Di Lieto, translated by Bradford A. Masoni
THE REPRESENTATION OF PAIN IN PIRANDELLO’S SHORT STORIES: TOWARDS AN ETHICS OF TRANSLATABILITY
Marella Feltrin-Morris
IN CONVERSATION: REFLECTIONS ON TRANSLATIONS
THE NEW VOICE
Fabio Battista
REFLECTIONS ON TRANSLATING STORIES FOR A YEAR
Maria Enrico
REFLECTIONS ON TRANSLATING LUIGI PIRANDELLO’S SHORT STORIES
Emanuela Pecchioli and Alexander Bertland
TRANSLATING ABSENCE AND PRESENCE: PIRANDELLO’S “LA BUON’ANIMA” (“THE DEARLY DEPARTED”)
Caterina Agostini
REFLECTIONS ON TRANSLATING THE NOVELLE PER UN ANNO
Steve Eaton
CREATIVE WORK
PIRANDELLIAN DRAMATURGIES, SECOND EDITION: SHORT STORIES TO DRAMA
Stefano Boselli
IF…
Robert Brophy
WEDDING NIGHT
James Armstrong
VILOMAH
Elisabetta Bracer
TO THE MOON AND BACK
Joshua Piper
PERFORMANCE REVIEW
ENRICO IV ADAPTED BY MARIO GAZIANO AND DIRECTED BY MARIO SORBELLO IN AGRIGENTO
Enza De Francisci
BOOK REVIEWS
ALL YOU NEED IS A FATHER. BY STEFANO PIRANDELLO. TRANSLATED BY ENZA DE FRANCISCI AND SUSAN BASSNETT. IMOLA: CUE PRESS, 2022.
Bradford Masoni
THE COAZZE NOTEBOOK. BY LUIGI PIRANDELLO. TRANSLATED AND EDITED BY LISA SARTI. NEW YORK: BORDIGHERA PRESS, 2022
Ana Ilievska
SCIVERE, OVVERO NASCERE A SÉ STESSO. SAGGIO SU LUIGI PIRANDELLO. [WRITING, OR BEING BORN TO ONESELF. AN ESSAY ON LUIGI PIRANDELLO.] BY DOMINIQUE BUDOR. PISA AND ROME: FABRIZIO SERRA, 2022.
Michael Subialka

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Editors: Michael Subialka and Lisa Sarti
Managing Editor: Julianne VanWagenen

Editors’ Note
Lisa Sarti and Michael Subialka
VISUAL WORK
WE ARE ALL PUPPETS: MARIONETTES, HAND PUPPETS, MASKS, AND SHADOWS
Martina Vanda
THE LICENSE
Francesco Manenti
REVÈRSO
Paola Renzetti
CREATIVE WORK
CADA LOCO
Carlos Jerome
MASKS
Yasmine Beverly Rana
GUN IN MOUTH
Emilio Williams
A BEAUTIFUL WOMAN (NA BEDDA FIMMINA)
Carmela Lombardo translated by Ruggero Bianchin
CARMELA LOMBARDO’S NA BEDDA FIMMINA: NOTES TO THE TEXTS
Ruggero Bianchin
BOOK REVIEW
MUSSOLINI’S THEATRE: FASCIST EXPERIMENTS IN ART AND POLITICS. PATRICIA GABORIK. CAMBRIDGE: CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS, 2021.
John Welle
PERFORMANCE REVIEW
REVIEW OF ENRICO IV BY LUIGI PIRANDELLO. PERFORMED BY THE ASSOCIAZIONE SICILIA TEATRO AT THE TEATRO DELLA PERGOLA, FLORENCE, ITALY.
Lisa Sarti

Special Issue on “Six Characters as World Literature”

Editors: Enza De Francisci, Michael Subialka and Lisa Sarti
Managing Editor: Julianne VanWagenen

ESSAYS
VERGA, DUSE, AND PIRANDELLO: WITHOUT AN AUTHOR
Enza De Francisci
SIX CHARACTERS DURING WORLD WAR I
Pietro Frassica
THE DIVIDED SELF IN SIX CHARACTERS IN SEARCH OF AN AUTHOR – IN COMMEMORATION OF THE CENTENARY OF SIX CHARACTERS IN SEARCH OF AN AUTHOR (1921-2021)
Carlo Di Lieto translated by Bradford A. Masoni
THE SPACE IN-BETWEEN: SIX CHARACTERS AND THE SEARCH FOR THE RIGHT WAY TO DO A PLAY
Patricia Gaborik
FILM AND TRUTH: PIRANDELLO’S VISION OF SEI PERSONAGGI FOR THE SCREEN
Michael Syrimis
THE MISSING EPISODE IN TU RIDI AND SIX CHARACTERS IN SEARCH OF AN AUTHOR
Daniela Bini
BUILDING A BOURGEOIS THEATRE WITH THE AID OF PIRANDELLO: SIX CHARACTERS IN SEARCH OF AN AUTHOR IN ICELAND
Magnus Thor Thorbergsson
SHOW AND TELL FROM PIRANDELLO TO ALBEE: TRAUMA, THEATRICALITY, AND RECONFIGURING THE FOURTH WALL
Laura A. Lucci
SIX CHARACTERS IN SEARCH OF A LEGACY
Kyle Gillette
IN CONVERSATION
WHY SIX CHARACTERS MATTERS TODAY
Rino Caputo, Roberto Cavosi, Marco Gambino, Bradford A. Masoni, Martina Marzi, and Sarah Zappulla Muscarà; translations by Catherine Charles, Enza De Francisci, and Michael Subialka
REAL LIFE, FICTION, AND IMAGINATION: A CONVERSATION ABOUT THE LEGACY OF SIX CHARACTERS IN SEARCH OF AN AUTHOR
Annamaria Andreoli in conversation with Lisa Sarti
TRANSLATIONS
PIRANDELLO’S PROPOSITIONS. SIX CHARACTERS ON SCREEN – THE PLAYWRIGHT HIMSELF WILL PLAY THE PART OF THE AUTHOR IN THE HOLLYWOOD PRODUCTION (LA STAMPA, JUNE 20, 1933)
Translated and with an introduction by Lisa Sarti
CREATIVE WORK
TWO CHARACTERS LOOKING FOR A STORY
A short story written by Marcella Di Franco, translated by Enza De Francisci, Lisa Sarti, and Michael Subialka
THE SON’S SIDE (THE TRUE STORY OF THE SIX CHARACTERS)
A dramatic monologue written by Paolo Puppa, translated by Enza De Francisci, Lisa Sarti, and Michael Subialka
THE ETERNAL MOMENT #3RR
A one-act play by Diane Rao Harman
(winner of the PSA Pirandellian Dramaturgies Competition, 2021)