SOURCE: "Art for Life's Sake," in Pirandello's Theater: The Recovery of the Modern Stage for Dramatic Art, Southern Illinois University Press, 1974, pp. 7-21.
Below, Paolucci discusses the defining characteristics of Pirandello's drama, emphasizing the dramatist's concern with depicting the nature of personality and consciousness.
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