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The Misanthrope and Tartuffe
by [Moliere]
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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 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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- Ecco Brand
- Dec 12, 2023 Pub Date:
- 9780156605175 ISBN-13:
- 0156605171 ISBN-10:
- 336.0 pages Paperback
- English Language
- 7.9 in * 0.83 in * 5.3 in Dimensions:
- 1 lb Weight:
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