Su un'amicizia di Luigi Pirandello a Palermo e alcune prime sperimentazioni 'alla moda'

This paper aims to investigate the personal and textual relationships between Luigi Pirandello and Girolamo Ragusa Moleti, starting from a youthful letter in which Pirandello declares himself a friend of Ragusa Moleti. On the basis of some works of Ragusa Moleti published during the 80s of the 19th century, we examine the contemporary youth production of Pirandello, published or not, tracing in it the adhesion of the author to stylistic and poetic models that were of trend at the time, especially the prose poem and the humor.