The Misanthrope And Tartuffe, By Molire, The by Richard Wilbur

The Misanthrope And Tartuffe, By Molire, The by Richard Wilbur

In brilliant rhymed couplets, Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Richard Wilbur renders two of seventeenth-century French playwright Moliere's comic masterpieces into English, capturing not only the form and spirit of the language but also its substance.



The Misanthrope is a searching comic study of falsity, shallowness, and self-righteousness through the character of Alceste, a man whose conscience and sincerity are too rigorous for his time.



In Tartuffe, a wily, opportunistic swindler manipulates a wealthy prude and bigot through his claims of piety. This latter translation earned Wilbur a share of the Bollingen Translation Prize for his critically-acclaimed work of this satiric take on religious hypocrisy.



"Mr. Wilbur has given us a sound, modern, conversational poetry and has made Moliere's The Misanthrope brilliantly our own."--The New York Times Book Review

 

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ISBN 13	9780156605175
ISBN 10	0156605171
Title	The Misanthrope And Tartuffe, By Molire, The
Author	Richard Wilbur
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Harcourt Brace International
Year published	1965-10-20
Number of pages	336
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