{"product_id":"moliere-the-complete-richard-wilbur-translations-volume-2-the-misanthrope-amphitryon-tartuffe-the-learned-ladies-hardcover","title":"Moliere: The Complete Richard Wilbur Translations, Volume 2: The Misanthrope \/ Amphitryon \/ Tartuffe \/ The Learned Ladies - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMoliere\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eRichard Wilbur\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator), \u003cb\u003eAdam Gopnik\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFor the 400th anniversary of Moliere's birth, Richard Wilbur's unsurpassed translations of Molière's plays--themselves towering achievements in English verse--are brought together by Library of America in a two-volume edition\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOne of the most accomplished American poets of his generation, Richard Wilbur (1921-2017) was also a prolific translator of French and Russian literature. His verse translations of Molière's plays are especially admired by readers and are still performed today in theaters around the world. \"Wilbur,\" the critic John Simon once wrote, \"makes Molière into as great an English verse playwright as he was a French one.\" 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe second volume includes the elusive masterpiece, \u003ci\u003eThe Misanthrope\u003c\/i\u003e, often said to occupy the same space in comedy as Shakespeare's \u003ci\u003eHamlet\u003c\/i\u003e does in tragedy; the fantastic farce \u003ci\u003eAmphitryon\u003c\/i\u003e, about how Jupiter and Mercury commandeer the identities of two mortals; \u003ci\u003eTartuffe\u003c\/i\u003e, Molière's biting satire of religious hypocrisy; and \u003ci\u003eThe Learned Ladies\u003c\/i\u003e, like \u003ci\u003eTarfuffe\u003c\/i\u003e, a drama of a household turned suddenly upside down. This volume includes the original introductions by Richard Wilbur and a foreword by Adam Gopnik on the exquisite art of Wilbur's translations.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMolière\u003c\/b\u003e, born Jean-Bapiste Popquelin in 1622, is one of the greatest writers of French and European literature. His comedies are still performed today around the world. One of the most accomplished American poets of his generation, \u003cb\u003eRichard Wilbur\u003c\/b\u003e (1921-2017) was also a prolific translator of French and Russian literature, including the plays of Molière and Racine, and the poetry of Valéry, Villon, Baudelaire, and Akhmatova. He was U.S. Poet Laureate in 1987-88 and was the recipient of numerous prizes and awards, including two Pulitzer Prizes for Poetry, the National Book Award for Poetry, the Wallace Stevens Award, the Frost Medal, and the Bollingen Prize. \u003cb\u003eAdam Gopnik\u003c\/b\u003e has been a staff writer at \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e since 1986. In 2013 he was awarded the medal of Chevalier of the Order of Arts and Letters by the French Minister of Culture.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 490\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.3 x 8 x 4.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 18, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51767822549280,"sku":"9781598537086","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/0e733bce73e5933517ce66e4094e3bba.webp?v=1780318047","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/moliere-the-complete-richard-wilbur-translations-volume-2-the-misanthrope-amphitryon-tartuffe-the-learned-ladies-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}