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Author Guidelines

Thank you for considering submitting to Pirandello Studies. Below you will find instructions to prepare your work for consideration by our editorial team.

REVIEW PROCESS
All submissions will be assessed by an editor to determine whether they meet the aims and scope of this journal. Those considered to be a good fit will be sent for peer review before determining whether they will be accepted or rejected. Peer review will be double-blind, whenever possible, or single-blind when the author is easily identifiable (e.g. because the article is based on a publicly-delivered conference paper). Accept­ance or rejection of contributions is decided on by the Editorial Board, which may also refer them back to their authors with suggestions about alterations.

COPYRIGHT PERMISSIONS
Before making a submission, authors are responsible for obtaining written permission to publish any material included with the submission, such as photos, documents and datasets, from the copyright holder(s). Written permission must be uploaded alongside the main typescript as a supporting document, and the source of the materials must be indicated in the typescript.  All authors identified on the submission must consent to be identified as an author. 

LANGUAGES AND TRANSLATIONS
Articles are normally published in English or Italian, occasionally in other languages. All contributions in any language must be accompanied by an abstract and 3 to 5 keywords in English.

Authors writing in English should provide English translations of all foreign-language quotations. Translations of short quotations should be enclosed in square brackets and run on after the quotation itself in the body of the text; translations of long (displayed) quotations should be placed in footnotes. In the case of foreign-language titles of literary or dramatic works, an English translation of the title should be provided at its first appear­­ ance; thereafter the title should be given in its original language only.

STYLE GUIDE
The style book of the MHRA should be adhered to; in cases of doubt, previous volumes should be imitated. The formulas op. cit. and ibid. should be avoided. 

EDITIONS AND ABBREVIATIONS
All references to Pirandello’s writings must be made to the new critical edition of Pirandello's Complete Works (Edizione nazionale dell'opera omnia di Luigi Pirandello).

For works that have not yet become available in this collection, please refer to the editions specified below, using only the following abbreviations:

L. Pirandello, Novelle per un anno, edited by M. Costanzo, 3 vols in 6 (Milan, Mondadori, 1985–90) [Na I, Na II, Na III]
L. Pirandello, Tutti i romanzi, edited by G. Macchia and M. Costanzo, 2 vols (Milan, Mondadori, 1973) [Tr I, Tr II]
L. Pirandello, Maschere nude, edited by A. d’Amico, 4 vols (Milan, Mondadori, 1986–2007) [Mn I, Mn II, Mn III, Mn IV]
L. Pirandello, Saggi, poesie, scritti varii, edited by M. Lo Vecchio-Musti (Milan, Mondadori, 1960) [Spsv]
L. Pirandello, Saggi e interventi, edited by F. Taviani (Milan, Mondadori, 2006) [Si]
L. Pirandello, ‘Amicizia mia’: lettere inedite al poeta Giuseppe Schirò, 1886–1887, edited by A. Armati and A. Barbina (Rome, Bulzoni, 1994) [Am]
L. Pirandello, Epistolario familiare giovanile, 1886–1898, edited by E. Providenti (Florence, Le Monnier, 1986) [Efg]
L. Pirandello, Lettere giovanili da Palermo e da Roma, 1886–1889, edited by E. Providenti (Rome, Bulzoni, 1994) [LPR]
L. Pirandello, Lettere da Bonn, 1889–1891, edited by E. Providenti (Rome, Bulzoni, 1984) [LB]
L. Pirandello, Lettere della formazione, 1891–1898, con appendice di lettere sparse, 1899–1919, edited by E. Providenti (Rome, Bulzoni, 1996) [Lf]
L. Pirandello, Carteggi inediti con Ojetti, Albertini, Orvieto, Novaro, De Gubernatis, De Filippo, edited by S. Zappulla Muscarà (Rome, Bulzoni, 1980) [Ci]
Pirandello–Martoglio: carteggio inedito, edited by S. Zappulla Muscarà (Milan, Pan, 1980) [P–M]
Il figlio prigioniero: carteggio tra Luigi e Stefano Pirandello durante la guerra 1915–1918, edited by A. Pirandello (Milan, Mondadori, 2005) [Ifp]
L. and S. Pirandello, Nel tempo della lontananza (1919–1936), edited by S. Zappulla Muscarà, second edition (Caltanissetta–Rome, Sciascia, 2008) [Ntl]
L. Pirandello, Lettere a Lietta, edited by M-L. Aguirre d’Amico (Milan, Mondadori, 1999) [LL]
L. Bragaglia, Carteggio Pirandello–Ruggeri: appunti per uno studio del rapporto fra autore e interprete (Fano, Biblioteca Comunale Federiciana, 1987) [CP–R]
L. Pirandello, Lettere a Marta Abba, edited by B. Ortolani (Milan, Mondadori, 1995) [LMA]

QUALITY 
An editor may desk reject a submission if it does not meet minimum standards of quality. Before submitting, please ensure that the study design and research argument are structured and articulated properly. The title should be concise and the abstract should be able to stand on its own. This will increase the likelihood of reviewers agreeing to review the paper. When you're satisfied that your submission meets this standard, please follow the checklist below to prepare your submission.

Submission Preparation Checklist

All submissions must meet the following requirements.

  • This submission meets the requirements outlined in the Author Guidelines.
  • This submission has not been previously published, nor is it before another journal for consideration.
  • All references have been checked for accuracy and completeness.
  • All tables and figures have been numbered and labeled.
  • Permission has been obtained to publish all photos, datasets and other material provided with this submission.
  • You have carefully read the Copyright Notice in the Author Guidelines and agree to it.

Copyright Notice

Authors who publish with us retain copyright and grant the journal right of first publication of their work under a Creative Commons Attribution License (CC-BY 4.0) that allows others to share and adapt the work as long as they acknowledge the author and reference the initial publication in this journal. If you would prefer to publish your work under an alternative Creative Commons License, please indicate this in the comments 'For the Editors', providing reasons for your request.

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