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2526760Moliere: The Complete Richard Wilbur Translations, Volume 2https://www.gandhi.com.mx/moliere-the-complete-richard-wilbur-translations-volume-2-9781598537123/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/2121595/1f4b9dfd-704f-43c8-8365-70ce1a84fcc7.jpg?v=638383538764430000488677MXNLibrary of AmericaInStock/Ebooks/<p><strong>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</strong></p><p>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.</p><p>The second volume includes the elusive masterpiece, <em>The Misanthrope</em>, often said to occupy the same space in comedy as Shakespeares <em>Hamlet</em> does in tragedy; the fantastic farce <em>Amphitryon</em>, about how Jupiter and Mercury commandeer the identities of two mortals ; <em>Tartuffe</em>, Molires biting satire of religious hypocrisy; and <em>The Learned Ladies</em>, like <em>Tarfuffe</em>, 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.</p>...2462084Moliere: The Complete Richard Wilbur Translations, Volume 2488677https://www.gandhi.com.mx/moliere-the-complete-richard-wilbur-translations-volume-2-9781598537123/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/2121595/1f4b9dfd-704f-43c8-8365-70ce1a84fcc7.jpg?v=638383538764430000InStockMXN99999DIEbook20229781598537123_W3siaWQiOiIxYzZiODhlZS1iNDYzLTQ1ZTctYmNlMS00NDU2M2U5YWZmZDUiLCJsaXN0UHJpY2UiOjY3NywiZGlzY291bnQiOjE4OSwic2VsbGluZ1ByaWNlIjo0ODgsImluY2x1ZGVzVGF4Ijp0cnVlLCJwcmljZVR5cGUiOiJXaG9sZXNhbGUiLCJjdXJyZW5jeSI6Ik1YTiIsImZyb20iOiIyMDI1LTA3LTAxVDAwOjAwOjAwWiIsInJlZ2lvbiI6Ik1YIiwiaXNQcmVvcmRlciI6ZmFsc2V9XQ==9781598537123_<p><strong>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</strong></p><p>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.</p><p>The second volume includes the elusive masterpiece, <em>The Misanthrope</em>, often said to occupy the same space in comedy as Shakespeares <em>Hamlet</em> does in tragedy; the fantastic farce <em>Amphitryon</em>, about how Jupiter and Mercury commandeer the identities of two mortals ; <em>Tartuffe</em>, Molires biting satire of religious hypocrisy; and <em>The Learned Ladies</em>, like <em>Tarfuffe</em>, 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.</p>(*_*)9781598537123_<p><strong>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</strong></p><p>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.</p><p>The second volume includes the elusive masterpiece, <em>The Misanthrope</em>, often said to occupy the same space in comedy as Shakespeares <em>Hamlet</em> does in tragedy; the fantastic farce <em>Amphitryon</em>, about how Jupiter and Mercury commandeer the identities of two mortals ; <em>Tartuffe</em>, Molires biting satire of religious hypocrisy; and <em>The Learned Ladies</em>, like <em>Tarfuffe</em>, 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.</p>...9781598537123_Library of Americalibro_electonico_bd40e39c-110b-3ae8-a3f3-57462c0b39d7_9781598537123;9781598537123_9781598537123Moliere .InglésMéxicohttps://getbook.kobo.com/koboid-prod-public/randomhousewh-epub-6dac13c2-bb11-4e98-abed-ad3c9ab531c1.epub2022-01-18T00:00:00+00:00Library of America