In need of an ending: Closure and structural incompleteness in Pirandello's retrospective novels
Forum Italicum : A Journal of Italian Studies
Published online on January 12, 2026
Abstract
Forum Italicum, Volume 60, Issue 1, Page 248-269, May 2026.
This essay discusses the role of retrospectivity in three of Luigi Pirandello's novels:The Late Mattia Pascal(1904),Shoot!(1915), andOne, No One, One Hundred Thousand(1926). While all these novels comprise different forms of retrospective narration, ...
This essay discusses the role of retrospectivity in three of Luigi Pirandello's novels:The Late Mattia Pascal(1904),Shoot!(1915), andOne, No One, One Hundred Thousand(1926). While all these novels comprise different forms of retrospective narration, ...