{"product_id":"misanthrope-and-tartuffe-by-moliere","title":"Misanthrope and Tartuffe, by Molière","description":"\u003ch1\u003eMisanthrope and Tartuffe, by Molière\u003c\/h1\u003eRichard Wilbur\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Ecco Press\u003cbr\u003eDecember 1 2023\u003cbr\u003eEAN: 9780156605175\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 0156605171\u003cbr\u003eSynopsis: \u003cb\u003eIn brilliant rhymed couplets, Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Richard Wilbur renders two of seventeenth-century French playwright Moliere's comic masterpieces into English, capturing not only the form and spirit of the language but also its substance.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Misanthrope\u003c\/i\u003e is a searching comic study of falsity, shallowness, and self-righteousness through the character of Alceste, a man whose conscience and sincerity are too rigorous for his time. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In \u003ci\u003eTartuffe\u003c\/i\u003e, a wily, opportunistic swindler manipulates a wealthy prude and bigot through his claims of piety. This latter translation earned Wilbur a share of the Bollingen Translation Prize for his critically-acclaimed work of this satiric take on religious hypocrisy. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Mr. Wilbur has given us a sound, modern, conversational poetry and has made Moliere's The Misanthrope brilliantly our own.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"27th Letter Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67391058640941,"sku":"20640","price":5.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0673\/3588\/0749\/files\/original_309c1bd5-7801-411f-9249-51908accf618.jpg?v=1787351214","url":"https:\/\/27thletterbooks.com\/products\/misanthrope-and-tartuffe-by-moliere","provider":"27th Letter Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}