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Moliere: The Complete Richard Wilbur Translations, Volume 2

The Misanthrope / Amphitryon / Tartuffe / The Learned Ladies

ISBN-13: 9781598537086

Author(s): Moliere

Subjects: DD

Publisher: PENGUIN RANDOM HOUSE GROUP

Publisher Imprint: Library Of America

Publication Date: 20-01-2022

Format: Hardback

Availability: In stock

£33.99
Moliere: The Complete Richard Wilbur Translations, Volume 2

About the book

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, Moliere'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.