Molière : the complete Richard Wilbur translations Volume 2 The Misanthrope
Now, for the first time, all ten of Wilbur's unsurpassed translations of Molière's plays are brought together in two-volume Library of America edition, fulfilling the poet's vision for the translations. The second volume includes the elusive masterpiece, The Misanthrope , often said to occupy the same space in comedy as Shakespeare's Hamlet does in tragedy; the fantastic farce Amphitryon , about how Jupiter and Mercury commandeer the identities of two mortals ; Tartuffe , Molière's biting satire of religious hypocrisy; and The Learned Ladies , like Tarfuffe , a drama of a household turned suddenly upside down. This volume includes the original introductions by Richard Wilbur and an introduction by Adam Gopnik on the exquisite art of Wilbur's translations.
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- ISBN: 9781598537086
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Physical Description
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xxiii, 466 pages ; 21 cm - Publisher [Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2021.
Content descriptions
General Note: | Translation of: The Misanthrope / Amphitryon / Tartuffe / the Learned Ladies. |
Language Note: | Translated from the French. |