Pirandello's Love Letters to Marta Abba 9781400887286

Table of contents :
Contents
Introduction
Editor's Remarks
Chronology
The Short Note of 1925
Letters of 1926 from Rome
Letters of 1928 from Rome and Nettuno
Letters of 1929 and 1930 from. Berlin, Rome, and Milan
Letters of 1930 from Paris, Berlin, London, and Rome
Letters of 1931 from Paris, Milan, and Portugal
Letters of 1952 from Paris, Rome, and Castiglioncello
Letters of 1933 from Rome, Paris, and Castiglioncello
Letters of 1934 from Rome, Milan, London, and Paris
Letters of 1935 from Paris, Rome, Milan, and New York
Letters of 1936 from Rome
Bibliography
Subject Index
Name Index

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PIRANDELLO'S LOVE

LETTERS

MARTA

ABBA

TO

E D I T E D

AND

T R A N S L A T E D

BY

Benito Ortolani

P R I N C E T O N

U N I V E R S I T Y

P R I N C E T O N ,

N E W

P R E S S

J E R S E Y

Copyright © 1994 by Princeton University Press Published by Princeton University Press, 41 William Street, Princeton, NewJersey 08540 In the United Kingdom: Princeton University Press, Chichester, West Sussex All Rights Reserved Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Pirandello, Luigi, 1867-1936. Pirandello's love letters to Marta Abba / edited and translated by Benito Ortolani. p.

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hnglish translation of 164 letters written originally in Italian by L. Pirandello which are now in the Library, Princeton University. Cf. Editors remarks. Includes index. ISBN 0-691-03499-0 ι. Pirandello, Luigi 1 1867-1936—Correspondence. 2. Abba, Marta—Correspondence. 3. Authors, Italian—20th century—Correspondence. 4. Princeton Universit)'. Library. I. Ortolani, Benito.

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I his volume contains a selection of 164 letters from the complete edition of 552, which Princeton University Press will publish in cooperation with Mondadori, in the original Italian, in 1995. All letters and illustrations, donated by Marta Abba, are from the Luigi Pirandello and Marta Abba papers. Department of Rare Books and Special Collections. Princeton Universitv Libran'.

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Princeton Legacy Library edition 2017 Paperback ISBN: 978-0-691-60767-2 Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-691-65458-4

CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION

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EDITOR'S REMARKS

xxiii

CHRONOLOGY

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The Short Note of 192$ 250207

Marta Will Play Nostra Dea by Bontempelli

Letters of 1926from Rome 260805 260817 260820 260821

Family "Tempest." Danger of Bankruptcy Work on L'amica delle mogli as Salvation Influence of Marta's Letters on Pirandello Contents and Style of Marta's Letters

Letters of 1928 from Rome and Nettuno 280705 280708 280712 280713 280922 280925

The Pine Grove of Villa Borghese in Nettuno Life in Italy Has Become Stifling Pirandello's Great Love for Marta Self-proclaimed "Physician" for Marta's Scruples Mussolini's Tactics to Undermine Rival Power Pirandello a Senator? Away from Italy's Dunghill!

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