Prudence Steiner's lively prose translation of Molière's great comedy remains close to the original French, while casting the speech of characters in a slightly compressed and formalized way that comes very close to the original effect created by Molière's verse. This edition includes translations of Molière's three appeals to the king, as well as an introductory essay by Roger Herzel, which discusses Molière's life, Tartuffe and the comic tradition, and the setting, language and style of the play.
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This dynamic new translation of Tartuffe conveys the subject matter of Molière's perennial masterpiece in a way that resonates for contemporary audiences. Prudence Steiner has modernized and revitalized the text, making its burning and scandalous tone stand out, as it does in the original French. The thorough introduction to the play skillfully invites the reader into the dark and controversial world of Tartuffe. --(Florent Masse, Princeton University)
The new Steiner Tartuffe offers welcome relief from all the rhymed translations that make Molière sound like a third-rate Restoration poet while creating the (false) impression that verbal dexterity and wit trump all other values in the great comic playwright's dramaturgy. Steiner's crisp, lucid prose - her adroitly balanced sentences are especially effective at conveying the slippery rhetoric of Tartuffe's seductions - unfolds the plot and characters of Molière's play with an unaccustomed clarity, presenting the ideological clashes of the play with a bluntness many other translations attenuate.
The new Steiner Tartuffe offers welcome relief from all the rhymed translations that make Molière sound like a third-rate Restoration poet while creating the (false) impression that verbal dexterity and wit trump all other values in the great comic playwright's dramaturgy. Steiner's crisp, lucid prose - her adroitly balanced sentences are especially effective at conveying the slippery rhetoric of Tartuffe's seductions - unfolds the plot and characters of Molière's play with an unaccustomed clarity, presenting the ideological clashes of the play with a bluntness many other translations attenuate.
Roger Herzel's Introduction is well-focused for those encountering Molière for the first time and informed throughout by his own excellent scholarship. --(Jim Carmody, University of California, San Diego)
About the Author
Roger W. Herzel is Professor Emeritus, Department of Theater and Drama, Indiana University, Bloomington.
Prudence L. Steiner took her Ph.D. at Harvard University, where she served as Lecturer and Director of the Harvard Extension School Writing Program.
Prudence L. Steiner took her Ph.D. at Harvard University, where she served as Lecturer and Director of the Harvard Extension School Writing Program.
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Monsieur Tartuffe, Dorine Let, Orgon And Tartuffe, Orgon Well, Loyal Monsieur, Orgon Stop, Dorine Don't, Orgon Damn, Dorine Come, Orgon Shut, Mariane Well, Cléante Come, Orgon That, Cléante Let Browse Sample Pages:
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Monsieur Tartuffe, Dorine Let, Orgon And Tartuffe, Orgon Well, Loyal Monsieur, Orgon Stop, Dorine Don't, Orgon Damn, Dorine Come, Orgon Shut, Mariane Well, Cléante Come, Orgon That, Cléante Let Browse Sample Pages:
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