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The Misanthrope/ Tartuffe

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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 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

Richard Wilbur's translation of Tartuffe is a continuous delight from beginning to end.--Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award-winning poet Richard Eberhart

Language: English

Pages: 336

Format: ebook

Publisher: Mariner Books

Release: October 20, 1965

ISBN: 0547542186

ISBN 13: 9780547542188

The Misanthrope/ Tartuffe

4/5 ( ratings)

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 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

Richard Wilbur's translation of Tartuffe is a continuous delight from beginning to end.--Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award-winning poet Richard Eberhart

Language: English

Pages: 336

Format: ebook

Publisher: Mariner Books

Release: October 20, 1965

ISBN: 0547542186

ISBN 13: 9780547542188

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