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For the 400th anniversary of Molieres birth, Richard Wilburs unsurpassed translations of Molires plays--themselves towering achievements in English verse--are brought together by Library of America in a two-volume edition

One 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 Molires plays are especially admired by readers and are still performed today in theaters around the world. Wilbur, the critic John Simon once wrote, makes Molire into as great an English verse playwright as he was a French one. Now, for the first time, all ten of Wilburs unsurpassed translations of Molires plays are brought together in two-volume Library of America edition, fulfilling the poets vision for the translations.

The second volume includes the elusive masterpiece, The Misanthrope, often said to occupy the same space in comedy as Shakespeares Hamlet does in tragedy; the fantastic farce Amphitryon, about how Jupiter and Mercury commandeer the identities of two mortals ; Tartuffe, Molires 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 a foreword by Adam Gopnik on the exquisite art of Wilburs translations.

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One 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 Molires plays are especially admired by readers and are still performed today in theaters around the world. "Wilbur," the critic John Simon once wrote, "makes Molire into as great an English verse playwright as he was a French one." Now, for the first time, all ten of Wilburs unsurpassed translations of Molires plays are brought together in two-volume Library of America edition, fulfilling the poets vision for the translations.

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Moliere: The Complete Richard Wilbur Translations, Volume 2

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