{"product_id":"moliere-the-complete-richard-wilbur-translations-volume-1-the-bungler-lovers-quarrels-the-imaginary-cuckhold-or-sganarelle-the-school-for-h-9781598537079","title":"Moliere: The Complete Richard Wilbur Translations, Volume 1: The Bungler \/ Lover's Quarrels \/ The Imaginary Cuckhold, or Sganarelle \/ The School for H","description":"\u003cb\u003eFor the 400th anniversary of Moliere's birth, Richard Wilbur's unsurpassed translations of Moli re's plays--themselves towering achievements in English verse--are brought together by Library of America in a two-volume edition\u003c\/b\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 Moli re'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 Moli re 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 Moli re's plays are brought together in two-volume Library of America edition, fulfilling the poet's vision for the translations. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis first volume comprises Moli re's delightful early farces \u003ci\u003eThe Bungler\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLover's Quarrels\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Imaginary Cuckhold, or Sganarelle\u003c\/i\u003e; the comedies \u003ci\u003eThe School for Husbands\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe School for Wives\u003c\/i\u003e, about the efforts of middle-aged men to control their young wives or fianc s, which so delighted female theater goers in Moliere's seventeenth-century France; and Don Juan, Moli re's retelling of the Don Juan story, performed only briefly in the playwright's lifetime before pious censure forced it to close and not part of the repertoire of the Com die-Fran aise until 1847. This volume includes the original introductions by Richard Wilbur and an introduction by Adam Gopnik on the exquisite art of Wilbur's translations.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Library of America\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/18\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781598537079\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 644\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.25lbs","brand":"Moliere","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41481485844661,"sku":"9781598537079","price":29.75,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_13ff887e-5295-4512-aeab-6d28499f9f57.jpg?v=1640732819","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/moliere-the-complete-richard-wilbur-translations-volume-1-the-bungler-lovers-quarrels-the-imaginary-cuckhold-or-sganarelle-the-school-for-h-9781598537079","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}