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Two classic plays translated by a Pulitzer Prize-winning poet into English verse. In The Misanthrope, society itself is indicted and the impurity of its critic’s motives is exposed. In Tartuffe, the bigoted and prudish Orgon falls completely under the power of the wily Tartuffe. Introductions by Richard Wilbur.
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RICHARD WILBUR, one of Americas most beloved poets, has served as poet laureate of the United States. He has received the National Book Award, two Pulitzer Prizes, and a number of translation prizes, including two Bollingen Prizes and two PEN Awards. He lives in Cummington, Massachusetts.
Two classic plays translated by a Pulitzer Prize-winning poet into English verse. In The Misanthrope, society itself is indicted and the impurity of its critic’s motives is exposed. In Tartuffe, the bigoted and prudish Orgon falls completely under the power of the wily Tartuffe. Introductions by Richard Wilbur.
About the Author
RICHARD WILBUR, one of Americas most beloved poets, has served as poet laureate of the United States. He has received the National Book Award, two Pulitzer Prizes, and a number of translation prizes, including two Bollingen Prizes and two PEN Awards. He lives in Cummington, Massachusetts.
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Scene Four, Act Five, Scene Seven, Act Four, Act Three, Act Two, Act One, Monsieur Tartuffe, Good God, The Marshals New!
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Scene Four, Act Five, Scene Seven, Act Four, Act Three, Act Two, Act One, Monsieur Tartuffe, Good God, The Marshals New!
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- New and Collected Poems (Harvest Book) by Richard Wilbur in Front Matter, and Back Matter
- The Learned Ladies (Drama Classics Series) by Moliere in Back Matter
- The Provincial Letters by Blaise Pascal on page 147
- More Opposites by Richard Wilbur in Front Matter
- Four Comedies: The Taming of the Shrew, A Midsummer Night's Dream, The Merchant of Venice, Twelfth Night (Bantam Classic) by William Shakespeare in Front Matter
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- Conversations with Richard Wilbur (Literary Conversations Series) by William Butts on 4 pages
- Tartuffe, by Moliere by Moliere in Front Matter, and Back Matter
- The Literature of Satire by Charles A. Knight in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- For the Love of Perfection: Richard Rorty and Liberal Education by René Vi Arcilla in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Revolutionary Acts: Theater, Democracy, and the French Revolution (Parallax: Re-visions of Culture and Society) by Susan Maslan in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
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