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FURTHER READING

BIOGRAPHY

Guidice, Gaspare. Pirandello: A Biography, translated by Alastair Hamilton. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1975, 221 p.

Abridged translation of the standard critical biography.

OVERVIEWS AND GENERAL STUDIES

Bassnett-McGuire, Susan. Luigi Pirandello. New York: Grove Press, 1983, 190 p.

Thematic survey of Pirandello's dramas.

Bazzoni, Jana O'Keefe. "The Carnival Motif in Pirandello." Modern Drama XXX, No. 3 (September 1987): 414-25.

Emphasizes the importance of the carnival motif, concluding that "Pirandello's drama is carnevalesque because it celebrates the struggle of the human spirit for freedom, for self-knowledge, and for communion."

Bentley, Eric. "Enrico IV" and "Six Characters in Search of an Author." In his Theatre of War, pp. 32-44, pp. 45-63. New York: Viking Press, 1972.

Examines the defining characteristics of both...

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1. Introduction
2. Biographical Information
3. Major Works
4. Critical Reception
5. Principal Works
6. Author Commentary
7. Overviews And General Studies
8. Six Characters In Search Of An Author
9. Critical Commentary
10. Henry Iv
11. Further Reading
12. Copyright

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