Molière the complete Richard Wilbur translations.
| Author/creator | Molière |
| Other author | Gopnik, Adam. |
| Other author | Gioia, Dana. |
| Other author | Wilbur, Richard, 1921-2017. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | New York, N.Y. : Library of America, [2021] |
| Description | 2 volumes (xxiii, 620; xxiii, 466 pages) ; 21 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from eBooks on EBSCOhost |
| Subjects |
| Uniform title | Plays. Selections. English (Wilbur) |
| Portion of title | Complete Richard Wilbur translations. |
| Series | Library of America special publication Library of America special publication. |
| Contents | Volume 1. Foreword / by Adam Gopnik -- The bungler ; Lovers' quarrels ; Sganarelle, or The imaginary cuckold ; The school for husbands ; The school for wives ; Don Juan -- An interview with the translator / by Dana Gioia -- Volume 2. Foreword / by Adam Gopnik -- The misanthrope ; Amphitryon ; Tartuffe ; The learned ladies -- An interview with the translator / by Dana Gioia. |
| Summary | "One of the most accomplished American poets of his generation, Richard Wilbur was also an accomplished translator of French and Russian literature. His acclaimed verse renderings of Molière's plays--'among the finest translations of anyone by anyone that we possess' in the words of New Yorker writer Adam Gopnik--are still enchanting audiences around the world. Library of America's deluxe two-volume edition brings together for the first time all ten of Wilbur's Molière translations, a project Wilbur always envisioned. It features Wilbur's original introductions to the plays, a new foreword by Adam Gopnik on the miraculous convergence of Wilbur's 20th-century American and Molière's 17th-century French sensibilities, and a fascinating interview with Wilbur about translating Molière conducted in 2009 by Dana Gioia. This first volume collects Molière's early farces The Bungler, Lover's Quarrels, and Sganarelle, or The Imaginary Cuckhold; the comedies The School for Husbands and The School for Wives, about the efforts of middle-aged men to control their young wives or fiancés, which delighted theatergoers in Molière's seventeenth-century France and continue to do so today; and Don Juan, Molière's retelling of the story of the legendary seducer, performed only briefly in the playwright's lifetime before pious censure forced it to close"-- Front jacket flap of volume 1. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Language | Translate from the French. |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2021938734 |
| ISBN | 9781598537079 (volume 1 ; hardback) |
| ISBN | 1598537075 (volume 1 ; hardback) |
| ISBN | 9781598537086 (volume 2 ; hardback) |
| ISBN | 1598537083 (volume 2 ; hardback) |
| ISBN | 1598537091 (set) |
| ISBN | 9781598537093 (set) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |